Musa corms

Steven hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com
Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:56:56 PDT
Even though Musa are described as corms, Perhaps they don't quite fit the descriptions of rhizome, bulb or corm well enough. So i recon we should re-wright  the Dictionaries & the Wiki's & reclassify them Rhizocorms 

Steven :  )
Esk Queensland Australia
Summer Zone 5  Winter Zone 10

On 04/06/2012, at 11:24 AM, Tim Chapman <tim@gingerwoodnursery.com> wrote:
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> On Jun 3, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Hannon <othonna@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Calling a banana rhizome a "corm" is like calling a palm trunk a "caudex",
>> Dylan
>  

> Most Musa do not fit the the normal definition of rhizome. 
> Tim Chapman
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