108 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
Musa paradisiaca Linn. var. tombak Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 246 (var. 
nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 171; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 307=MUSA SAPIENTUM 
Linn. var. TOMBAK Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 
407. t2:10, Ff. 155: 
This form, very imperfectly described by Blanco, is one of 
the cultivated varieties of the common banana. The identifica- 
tion has been made chiefly from the Tagalog name, tinumbaga. 
Illustrative specimen from cultivated plants, Antipolo, Rizal 
Province, Luzon, June, 1915, there known as tinwmbaga or 
durogo (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 952). 
Musa paradisiaca Linn. var. longa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 245 (var. nov.) ; 
ed. 2 (1845) 171; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 8308=MUSA SAPIENTUM Linn. var. 
LONGA (Blanco) Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 407. 
One of the edible bananas, known only from Blanco’s de- 
scription. 
Musa paradisiaca Linn. var. compressa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 240 (var. 
nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 168; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 304=MUSA SAPIENTUM 
Linn. var. COMPRESSA Teodoro in Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 
408, t. 7, f. 1-5. 
It is impossible to determine the exact status of this variety 
from any existing monograph. It is one of the commonest 
and most widely distributed forms in the Philippines, as it thrives 
with little or no cultivation; it does not, however, occur wild. 
The fruits are yellowish when mature, rather thick skinned, 
and the pulp is rather inferior in flavor. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
March, 1915, there known as saba Mergih; Species Blanco- 
anae No. 868). 
Musa paradisiaca Linn. var. pumila Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 244 (var. 
nov.) ; ed. 2 (1845) 171; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 306=MUSA SAPIENTUM 
Linn. var. [M. cavendishii Lamb. var. pumila (Blanco) Teodoro in 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 10 (1915) Bot. 412]. 
This banana was characterized by Blanco as being similar 
in fruit characters to the bufgulan, but differing in having a 
less palatable fruit and in being dwarfed in size. It is one of 
the cultivated forms of the common banana. 
Illustrative specimen from San Mateo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
June, 1915, from cultivated plants, there known as tampohin 
(Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 943). 
MUSA PARADISIACA Linn. var. MAGNA Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 244 
(var. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 171; ed. 3, 4 (1877) 307. 
A form of Musa paradisiaca Linn. as that species is currently 
imterpreted, producing very large fruits up to a foot in Nene tie 
commonly known as tundoc. 
