{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN/> | genus = Musa | parent = Musa sect. Callimusa | species = peekelii | authority = Lauterb.<ref name=WCSP_254922/> | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = * ''Musa peekelii'' subsp. ''peekelii'' (autonym) * ''M.&nbsp;p.'' subsp. ''angustigemma'' <small>(N.W.Simmonds) Argent</small> | synonyms = *''Musa angustigemma'' <small>N.W.Simmonds</small><br/>&nbsp;<small>[=''M.&nbsp;peekelii'' subsp. ''angustigemma'']</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=grin1/> }}

'''''Musa peekelii''''' is a species of wild banana (genus ''Musa''), native to eastern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.<ref name=WCSP_254922/> It is placed in section ''Callimusa'' (now including the former section ''Australimusa''), members of which have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 20.<ref name=Wong02/> It is a very tall plant, reaching over {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}, with a narrow green drooping bud.<ref name=Ploe07/> The ripe bananas are red with bright yellow flesh.<ref name=Shar01/> It is one of the possible parents of the cultivated Fe'i bananas.<ref name=Ploe07/>

The subspecies ''M.&nbsp;peekelii'' subsp. ''angustigemma'' has been treated as a separate species, ''M.&nbsp;angustigemma''.<ref name=Ploe07/><ref name=grin2/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn | author1 = Plummer, J. | author2 = Kallow, S. | name-list-style = amp | title = ''Musa peekelii'' | article-number = e.T158541761A158544388 | year = 2020 | access-date = 2022-02-27}}</ref>

<ref name=grin1>{{GRIN | access-date=2013-01-22}}</ref>

<ref name=grin2>{{GRIN | ''Musa peekelii'' subsp. ''angustigemma'' | 316120 | access-date = 2013-01-22}}</ref>

<ref name=Ploe07>{{citation |last1=Ploetz |first1=R.C. |last2=Kepler |first2=A.K. |last3=Daniells |first3=J. |last4=Nelson |first4=S.C. |year=2007 |chapter=Banana and Plantain: An Overview with Emphasis on Pacific Island Cultivars |editor-last=Elevitch |editor-first=C.R<!--.--> |title=Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry |location=Hōlualoa, Hawaiʻi |publisher=Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR) |chapter-url=http://agroforestry.net/tti/Banana-plantain-overview.pdf |access-date=2013-01-10 |name-list-style=amp }}</ref>

<ref name=Shar01>{{Citation |last=Sharrock |first=S. |year=2001 |editor-last=INIBAP |chapter=Diversity in the genus Musa: focus on Australimusa |title=Networking Banana and Plantain: INIBAP Annual Report 2000 |chapter-url=http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/bioversity/publications/pdfs/664_Networking_Banana_and_Plantain.pdf |pages=14–19 |location=Montpellier, France |publisher=International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain }}</ref>

<ref name=Wong02>{{citation |last1=Wong |first1=C. |last2=Kiew |first2=R. |last3=Argent |first3=G. |last4=Set |first4=O. |last5=Lee |first5=S.K. |last6=Gan |first6=Y.Y. |year=2002 |title=Assessment of the Validity of the Sections in ''Musa'' (Musaceae) using ALFP |journal=Annals of Botany |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=231–238 |doi=10.1093/aob/mcf170 |pmid=12197520 |name-list-style=amp |pmc=4240415 }}</ref>

<ref name="WCSP_254922">{{Citation |title=''Musa peekelii'' |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=254922 |access-date=2013-01-19}}</ref>

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peekelii Category:Plants described in 1913 Category:Flora of Papua New Guinea Category:Flora of the Bismarck Archipelago

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