@article{JAVED_CHAI_OTHMAN_2011, title={MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MALAYSIAN WILD BANANA MUSA ACUMINATA}, url={https://journal.biotrop.org/index.php/biotropia/article/view/170}, DOI={10.11598/btb.2002.0.18.170}, abstractNote={Fourteen populations of Musa acuminata  ranging from populations in  the lowlands of northern <br />(ssp. siamea)  to central Malaysian region  (ssp. malaccensis) and highland banana  (ssp. truncata) were <br />characterized based on chromosome number and 46 morphological characters. A large amount of variation <br />was observed within the populations. However, only highland bananas appeared morphologically distinct. <br />Lowland populations both from northern and central Malaysia were found to be overlapping and no <br />distinguishing pattern was observed. The morphological characters found variable within these populations <br />were related to developmental changes and mutations. The results obtained in this study were not <br />revolutionary. However, the survey of a large number of characters treated with multivariate techniques <br />further sharpened the existing groupings of the Musa acuminata subspecies. <br />Key words: Musaceae/ Malaysia / ssp. malaccensis I ssp. truncata I ssp. siamea}, number={18}, journal={BIOTROPIA}, author={JAVED, MUHAMMAD ASIF and CHAI, MAK and OTHMAN, ROFINA YASMIN}, year={2011}, month={Nov.} }