Musaceae Juss. Musa aff. bakeri Hook.f. S. Vietnam, Prov. Kontum. Wet places in secondary and primary forests on N slope of Ngoc Linh mountain system at 1400 m alt. Large herb up to 6 m high. Flowers yellow with purple bracteas, young edible. Very common at 1200-1400 m alt. VH 672 12.03.1995 International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic Society (grant No 5094-93) Participants: L. Averyanov, N.T. Ban, N. Q. Binh, A. Budantzev, L. Budantzev, N.T. Hiep, D.D. Huyen, P.K. Loc, N.X. Tam, G. Yakovlev