'Gerei Langi'

'Gerei Langi' is the name given to a type of Iholena banana on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. It is also known as 'Kolale'. It was reported by Gabriel Sachter-Smith, who observed it near the capital Honiara in 2011.

Morphological characteristics

As with other Iholenas, the underside of the cigar leaf is coloured,  the peduncle is red and the fruit jut out perpendicular to the rachis. The margins of the petiole canal are pink.

Cigar leaf

Neck and petiole canal

Emerging inflorescence

Female flowers

Immature bunch

Male flowers

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