| Description | 'Siam Ruby' Banana Tree (Musa) is a tropical plant with beautiful foliage of dark burgundy with splashes of gold and chartreuse. |
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| Plant Type | Perennial Tender, Tropical herbaceous plants |
| Hardiness Zone | 9-11 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, best if kept moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | not frost tolerant |
| Leaves | dark maroon red, with spots and streaks of contrasting chartreuse green |
| Dimensions | 8 by 6 feet when grown in the warmer hardiness zones, 1/2 the size if taken inside and cut back in the colder climates |
| Maintenance | in colder climates they must be moved indoors |
| Propagation | division of pups |
| Misc Facts | Genus name honors Antonia Musa, Roman physician of the 1st century B.C. Bananas are monocarpic (each trunk-like pseudostem sets fruit only one time and then dies), with the plant surviving from year to year by the suckers (known as pups) which develop at the base. |
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