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(2/5) The young leaves of Banana Tonga.
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Banana - Tonga
Musa acuminata x balbisiana
Tonga, or Hopa bananas as they are also known, are a hybrid banana with qualities of a cooking banana, when they are green, and of a fresh-eating banana when they are ripe and yellow. The flesh is then soft and sweet. These distinctive bananas are endemic
... Read More to Polynesia, where they are valued as part of local cultural heritage. When ripe, they have thick, waxy, yellow skin and a bulbous shape with bluntly square ends. Less wastage when cutting them up for chips to deep fry! The tall plants are fast growing, though relatively short-lived.
Banana Bunchy Top Virus Control Order
If you live in the Tweed, Byron, Ballina or Lismore LGAs (the Control Zone) you no longer need to register your planting of a banana plant. However, there are certain obligations you have to manage this disease to protect the industry and the community.
If you suspect bunchy top disease has appeared in your plants, you have one day to inform the DPI
If you see banana aphid you have 7 days to destroy the insects and the plant
You are required to keep the area within one metre of a banana plant free of all vegetation higher than 30 centimetres.
A person must not move banana plants out of the Control Zone
For the full Control Order please read the following
https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/noindex/2026-09/biosecurity-banana-bunchy-top-virus-control-order-2026.pdf
Thanks for your care in regard to keeping banana farmers safe from this disease
Other Names: Hopa
$19.90 ($17.90-$19.90 choose a size)
Aramex Free Freight
Preferred Climate Tropical, Subtropical
Grown From Tissue Culture
Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) 2-3m
Plants required to Pollinate 1 (Self Pollinating)
Can it Handle Frosts? Likes Temps above 5deg
Amount of leaves in Winter? All Leaves (Evergreen)
Quarantine Restrictions to these Areas QLD, WA, NSW Banana Zone
Water Requirements Frequent Watering
Is it a Dwarf Fruit Tree? No (Full Size)
Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest 2-3 Years
Sun or Shade Full (Sun:80%-100%)
Preferred Soil Type Good Drainage
Soil pH Neutral (6.6-7.3pH)
Fruiting/Harvest Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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