Banana
📍 MadagascarClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Where Banana grows in Madagascar
Highlands North Zone
altitude tropical climate relatively temperate. hot and humid tropical climate (Northeast). Rain ranging from 1100 to 1900 mm / year, but up to 2.000mm / year. 3 observed seasons (rainy season with thunderstorms from November to April, rainy season from May to September drizzle, dry season from September to November. On the trays, soil ferrallitic yellow / red and red ferruginous tropical soils, soil waterlogged, soil semi-peat. vegetations made up of dense rainforest (North), dense deciduous forests (West), savannahs and steppes (center), shrublands or palm (Southwest).
North East Zone
humid climate (sub-equatorial) hot and humid throughout the year, no dry season. Rain> 2.000mm. ferrallitic on trays, waterlogged soils, sandy soils on the lowlands and the coastal area. Vegetations composed of dense rain forests (central and west), dense forest mosses and lichens (Southwest), savoka, savannahs and steppes of Aristida (East)
North West Area
characterized by two types of climate: 1) south part subhumid climate with short rainy season (December to March), long dry season (April to November); rain 1,000 to 1,200 mm / year, average temperature 26 ° C; 2) north, sub-humid tropical climate with rainy season from November to March is characterized by heavy rainfall (1.500mm / year spread over 5 months), prevailing dry season from April to October; temperature 27 ° C. In the South, predominantly hydromorphic soils - in the center, great plains formed by soils derived from alluvial formations and marine deposits - north, floodplains areas dominated by rich baiboho soils. vegetations composed by dense deciduous forests (North), savannah grasslands Hyparrhenia, shrub or palm savannas (North and West), mangroves (coastal West part)
North Zone
Tropical climate semi-moist, hot low and medium altitudes. Abundant rains from November to April (> 1.800mm). Far North: warm and semi-humid sub. Season short rain and warm, very long dry season with periods of high winds. Dominance alluvial soil in silty-sandy sediments or sandy loam. lateritic soils on basalt, ferruginous and colluvial in Far North level. Vegetations composed of dense rain forest (Central and Southeast part) of savoka (east side and west), savannah grassland, shrub or palm (center).
South East Zone
hot and humid tropical climate. large and irregular rain (ranging from 1.700 to 3.500mm / year). 2 distinct seasons (rainy season or vatomandry, hot and humid from December to May, dry season or hosy, cool and dry from June to November). ferrallitic yellow / red and red soil unsophisticated dunes and sandy, organic hydromorphic soils and minerals. vegetations composed of dense forest ombrophie (center west), coastal meadows (iS), savannahs and steppes of Aristida (East), savoka (Center), savannah grasslands Hyparrhenia (Southwest).
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