Water Bananas at Singapore Botanic GardensScientific Name: Typhonodorum lindleyanum
Height: 2 - 2.5 m
Span: 1.5 - 2 m
Growth Rate: Unknown
Sun Tolerance: Full Sun, Shade
ABP Index: 4.3 (Aesthetics 4.5, Solidarity 4)
The water banana looks like a plant from fairytale land with giant spade leaves sprouting out from trunks in still water. It looks like a cross between an alocasia and a musa (banana) but it's not a hybrid. A native of Madagascar, these water plants have been known to grow 3m in height. The flowers are unisexual which grow into yellow berries that are edible. A must have for any tropical garden pond.
Water Bananas at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Water Bananas at Singapore Botanic Gardens
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