- Prickle: A
sharpened extension of the stem's
outer layers, e.g. rose thorns.
Pseudostem: A
false stem made of the
rolled bases of leaves,
which may be 2 to 3 m...
- and a folk medicine. It is an
herbaceous perennial that
grows annual pseudostems (false
stems made of the
rolled bases of leaves)
about one
meter tall...
- name, bashō (芭蕉). Musa
basjoo is a
herbaceous perennial with
trunklike pseudostems growing to
around 2–2.5 m (6.6–8.2 ft), with a
crown of mid-green leaves...
- stem, is a
vegetable harvested from the
starchy inner core of
banana pseudostems. It is used
similarly to
heart of
palms in the
cuisines of the Philippines...
-
curry of the core of the
banana plant Banana fiber harvested from the
pseudostems and
leaves has been used for
textiles in Asia
since at
least the 13th...
- 20 ft). They are cold-tolerant and wind-resistant
because of
their strong pseudostems and root systems. The
leaves are
silvery green in color. The
fruit bunches...
- with
premature ripening of the bunch.
Larvae generally bore
through the
pseudostems and
bunch stalks where the
leaves become yellowish and
susceptible to...
-
mountains up to an
altitude of 2500 m. It is
known for its erect,
yellow pseudostems (see image),
generally appearing during the
second year of cultivation...
- cultivar. The name "Dwarf Cavendish" is in
reference to the
height of the
pseudostem, not the fruit.
Young plants have
maroon or
purple blotches on
their leaves...
- stem" or
pseudostem,
consisting of
leaves and
their fused bases. Each
pseudostem can
produce a
single flowering stem.
After fruiting, the
pseudostem dies...
