Da sa Teodoro: Philippine Bananas 401 
MUSA SAPIENTUM L. var. BINUTIG var. nov. Binutig. Plate XII, 
figs. 1-5. 
Produces 13 or more flowering stems in a stool. The trunk is 
green and cylindrical. It reaches a height of from 340 to 360 
cm and a diameter of from 20 to 21 cm. 
The leaves are green, shiny above, glaucous below, usually 
brittle; the matured blades are from 203 to 225 cm long and from 
66 to 67 cm wide, with long petioles, from 65 to 70 cm in length. 
The spike bears 6 hands of matured fruits. The spathe is red 
and longitudinally pitted inside and is green outside, from 65 to 
67 cm long and from 12 to 13 cm wide. 
The flowers (Plate XII, figs. 1, 2, and 4) are purple or pink, 
usually from 7 to 12 in a fascicle, from 7 to 7.5 cm long and 
from 1 to 1.25 em wide; the perigonium narrows toward the tip 
and is shallow; the scale is oblong and has a narrow scarious 
margin, with rigid acuminate tip; the surface is much rounded 
but slightly depressed at the base of the tip, two-thirds as long 
as perigonium; stamens little longer than pistil and as long as 
perigonium; the stigma is oblong. 
The fruits are large, with thick skin, narrowing to the tip, and 
with long shank, or pedicel, usually 5-angled, from 18 to 20 cm 
long and from 5 to 6 cm in diameter. They are yellow when 
ripe. The pulp is coarse, spongy, creamy, and with strong 
“saba” taste and flavor. A core is usually more or less developed. 
The average weight of the mature fruit is 165.96 grams. 
MUSA SAPIENTUM L. var. GARANGAO var. nov. Garangao. Plate 
X, figs. 6-10. 
Plant reaches a height of from 340 to 350 cm and has a dia- 
meter of from 18.5 to 19.5 cm at the base; produces 8 or more 
flowering stems. The trunk is cylindrical, green. 
The spike bears 6 hands of matured fruits. The spathe is 
from 45 to 50 cm long and from 23.5 to 24.5 cm wide, red, smooth 
toward the tip, and partly longitudinally pitted inside; green 
outside and purple along the edges. 
The flowers (Plate X, figs. 6, 7, and 8) are purplish, usually 
from 7 to 12 in a fascicle, from 7.5 to 8 cm long and from 1 to 
1.25 em wide; the perigonium with shallow sinuses, narrow; the 
scale is oblong, and has a thin scarious margin, with ridged 
acuminate tip, the surface is slightly depressed; stamens about 
as long as pistil and perigonium; the stigma oblong. 
The fruits are large, narrowed toward the tip, 5-angled, from 
18 to 20 cm long, and from 5 to 7 cm in diameter; skin thick, 
glaucous when unripe and yellow when mature. 
