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Banana
and plantain
Musa
species
Description:
These are treelike plants with several large leaves at the top.
Their
flowers are borne in
dense hanging clusters.
Habitat
and Distribution: Look for bananas and plantains in open fields or margins of forests
where they are grown as a crop. They grow in the humid tropics.
Edible
Parts: Their fruits are edible raw or cooked. They may be boiled or
baked. You can boil their flowers and eat them like a vegetable. You can cook
and eat the
Root stocks and leaf
sheaths of many species. The center or "heart" or the plant is
Edible year-round, cooked or raw.
Other
Uses: You can use the layers of the lower third of the plants to cover
coals to roast food. You can also use their stumps to get water. You can use their
leaves to wrap other foods for cooking or storage.
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