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Musa basjoo

Musa Basjoo is a plant that likes to stay in warm and sunny places with lots of water, like in tropical rain forests. It's really tall, like a giant, and has really big leaves that can be as long as a grown-up person's arm! People like to plant Musa Basjoo in their gardens because it makes the garden look like a jungle!

The plant starts as a small baby called a seed and when it grows up, it looks like a big bunch of bananas, but actually, it's not the same as the bananas you eat. It's just a close relative.

Musa Basjoo can get really big and it needs a lot of space to grow, so if you want to plant it you need to make sure you have enough room for it to spread out. It also needs to be protected from really cold weather because it doesn't like the cold.

Taking care of Musa Basjoo is not too hard as long as you give it a lot of water and make sure it gets plenty of sunlight. And if you take good care of it, it will grow big and strong, just like you!
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