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Musa acuminata (AAA Group) ‘Red’

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Red Dacca bananas, Pisang Udang, Pisang Tembaga in Sabah, Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) ‘Red’, Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) ‘Red Dacca’.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Musa acuminata (AAA Group) ‘Red’. In: Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2534-8_68

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