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when ripe, possessing a thin and yellow skin. The average 
weight of a mature fruit is 49.78 grams. 
The Tagalog word inarnibal means “like molasses to the taste.” 
. As a matter of fact, although the fruits are small, they are con- 
sidered to be one of the best bananas for eating uncooked. 
MUSA SAPIENTUM L. var. TULDOC var. nov. Tuldoc. Plate X, figs. 1-5. 
Produces 4 or more flowering stems in a stool. The trunk is 
cylindrical with blotches of black and purple, and is 328 cm 
high and 20 cm in diameter at the base. 
The leaves are green above and glaucous below, with purplish 
midribs and margins, the mature blades 190 cm long and 65 cm 
wide; the petioles are also purplish below and about 65 cm long. 
The spike bears 5 or more hands of mature fruits. 
The flowers (Plate X, figs. 1, 2, 5) are of medium size, usually 
10 in a fascicle, the peduncle greenish; the perigonium is white 
with shallow sinuses; the scale is oblong, white with acuminate 
tip, shouldered, wrinkled or depressed on the surface, two-thirds 
as long as perigonium; stamens longer than perigonium or pistil; 
anthers shorter than filaments; the stigma is short-lobed. 
The fruits are a little larger than the fruits of the inarnibal, 
the tips are slightly tapering and wider toward the sessile base, 
often angled by depression. Style and calyx persistent; skin 
thick, yellow when ripe. The pulp is cream-colored, fine, and 
palatable. The fruits are often 10 in a hand. The average 
weight of a mature fruit is 69.93 grams. This is not to be con- 
fused with the tundoc. 
MUSA SAPIENTUM L. var. LONGA (Blanco). Guinanayan. 
Musa paradisiaca longa Blanco. 
This well-marked variety is described by Blanco ** very briefly. 
The translation is as follows: 
Individual fruit with a tapering tip, long, and a little thick. Its taste 
is good; but not that of the best ones. 
T., guinanayan. 
This variety will be given critical study later. 
MUSA SAPIENTUM L. var. TOMBAK (Blanco). Tinumbaga, goyoran. 
Musa paradisiaca tombak Blanco. 
This variety is very briefly described by Blanco ** as follows: 
The fruit is of an ordinary size. The flesh is one of the delicious ones. 
T., tinumbaga, goyoran. 
=F], Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 245. * FP], Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 246. 
