Ethiopia (Wollo, Worebabo and Tehulederae): seed and pseudo-stem and seeds possibly eaten. The trunk is also reported scraped; then buried in soil, at a depth of 1.5 meters, covered with leaves and ...

Those wanting to add a striking tropical plant to their garden need look no further than Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii.' If that mouthful doesn't ring a bell, then its common name, red banana, might. I ...

A tree scientists believe may hold the key to giving food security to millions of people across east Africa has flowered for the first time at Kew Gardens. The Ethiopian enset will produce a ...

- large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa ...