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Maoli banana
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Caption:
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Maoli bananas have a distinctive sausage shape. Indigenous to the Pacific region, they are believed to have been domesticated in the New Guinea area, from where they were introduced to many Pacific islands by Polynesian settlers.
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Keywords:
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Bunch, Cultivar diversity, Male bud, Maoli-Popoulu subgroup
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Date shot:
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July
2009
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Locality:
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Pacific Field Collection, Papara
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Province/State:
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Tahiti
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Country:
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French Polynesia, France
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Photographer:
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Vézina, Anne
/ Bioversity International