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| | PlantFiles: Detailed information on Improved Banana Shrub Michelia skinneriana |
 | | I have been looking for a plant of Michelia figo for years, as my Mother grew it in her garden a block and a half from the Gulf of Mexico, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and as a child I loved the banana smell of the small, creamy yellow flowers. |
 | | The genus Michelia differs from "true" magnolias in having flowers in the leaf axils rather than at the branch ends, and a short stalk beneath the female reproductive parts. |
 | | There are at least 45 species of Michelia, with my beloved banana shrub, Michelia figo, being one of the most common, althought the only ones I can find for sale are on the internet with large shipping and handling fees. |
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