What are the characteristics of the traveler tree?

Traveler's tree is a tourist banana (scientific name: Ravenala madagascariensis), also known as traveler's tree, sunflower, hibiscus, banana, Shui Mu and so on. It belongs to a genus of tourism banana family, which is native to Madagascar. Because the leaf sheath is cup-shaped, it can store a lot of water, and its tree juice can also be drunk, providing emergency water for travelers in the arid desert, so it is named tourist banana.

Banana is an evergreen arborescent perennial herb with a height of 5 ~ 6m (up to 30m). The trunk is upright, tufted, cylindrical, palm-shaped, with rough dry surface and obvious dry lines. It looks like a big folding fan with a diameter of about 20 ~ 30cm. The leaves are oblong, shaped like banana leaves, split longitudinally in two rows, alternate at the top of the stem, about 3m long and 65cm wide; Leaf sheath is cylindrical and cup-shaped; The petiole is about 2 ~ 4m long. Flowers are axillary spikes, bisexual, with 5-6 spathes on each inflorescence axis, and the involucral bracts are boat-shaped with sharp tips. The spathe is about 25-35 cm long and 5-8 cm wide, with 5- 12 flowers arranged in a scorpion-tailed cyme; Sepals lanceolate, leathery, about 20cm long,12 mm; Wide; Three white petals are almost similar to calyx, but the center 1 is narrow; Style about as long as perianth, stigma spindle-shaped; Ovary flat, about 5 ~ 6 cm long; Stamens are linear, about 15 ~ 16 cm long; The length of anther is twice that of filament. The fruit is a capsule, shaped like a banana, 3 cells, split into 3 petals, hard peel and rich in fiber. The seed is kidney-shaped, the aril is blue torn, about 10 ~ 12 cm long and about 7 ~ 8 mm wide.