''Musa jackeyi'' (commonly called the Johnstone River banana) is a species of wild banana (

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'') in the Banana Family (Musaceae).. It is placed in section ''Callimusa'' (now including the former section ''Australimusa''). It has only a small native range in north-east

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, Australia. It is the second tallest banana species after ''

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'', having petioles (stalks) up to in height, topped by

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e (blades) long by in width, for a total height of up to . It resembles the cultivated bananas called " fe'i" or "fehi", having an upright rather than a drooping fruit stalk, with the green terminal bud pointing upwards, and sap which is reddish in colour.

References

jackeyi Plants described in 1874 Flora of Queensland {{Zingiberales-stub