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Musa acuminata × balbisiana (AAB Group) ‘Horn Plantain’

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(a, b) Ripe horn plantain ‘Pisang tanduk’, (a, b) Unripe horn plantains, (a, b) Near ripe horn plantains, Musa acuminata × balbisiana (AAB Group) ‘Horn Plantain’.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Musa acuminata × balbisiana (AAB Group) ‘Horn Plantain’. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_69

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