Ensete is a genus of monocarpic flowering plants native to tropical regions of Africa and Asia. It is one of the three genera in the banana family, Musaceae...
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Ensete ventricosum, commonly known as enset or ensete, Ethiopian banana, Abyssinian banana, pseudo-banana, false banana and wild banana, is a species...
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Ensete glaucum, the snow banana, has also been classified as Musa nepalensis, Ensete giganteum, or Ensete wilsonii. This gigantic monocarpic herbaceous...
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Ensete superbum is a species of banana from India. The plant is well-known from the Western Ghats, Anaimalai Hills, some other South Indian hills in Dindigul...
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the Ensete Culture Complex area... the life of the Gurage is enmeshed with various uses of ensete, not the least of which is nutritional. Ensete can be...
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bananas. Members of the genus Ensete, such as the snow banana (Ensete glaucum) and the economically important false banana (Ensete ventricosum) of Africa are...
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Musella lasiocarpa (redirect from Ensete lasiocarpum)
Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-01-19 Musa lasiocarpa (the basionym of Ensete lasiocarpum) was originally described and published in Journal de Botanique...
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Chen Ensete davyae (Stapf) Cheesman (as M. davyae Stapf) Ensete gilletii (De Wild.) Cheesman (as M. gilletii De Wild. or M. martretiana A.Chev.) Ensete glaucum...
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cuisine, one would use kocho, a thick flatbread made from the ensete plant. An ensete leaf may be used as a garnish. Though not considered a delicacy...
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trees. In most treatments, the family has three genera, Musa, Musella and Ensete. Cultivated bananas are commercially important members of the family, and...
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belladonna (Solanaceae) Durian anggang, Durio lanceolatus (Malvaceae) Ensete, Ensete ventricosum (Musaceae) European holly, Ilex aquifolium (Aquifoliaceae)...
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bread-like fermented food made from chopped and grated ensete pulp. The pseudo-stem of the ensete plant contains a pith that is collected, pulped, and mixed...
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(konjac) Colocasia esculenta (taro) Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese water chestnut) Ensete spp. (enset) Nymphaea spp. (waterlily) Pteridium esculentum Sagittaria spp...
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consumption of a dish of ensete, butter, and red pepper. During this ritual, the victim's head is covered with a drape, and he eats the ensete ravenously while...
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(Epiphyllum), gingers (both Alpinia and Hedychium) and bananas both ornamental (Ensete) and edible (Musa). Includes several species and cultivars of Indian lotus...
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Agriculture in Ethiopia (section Ensete (false banana))
meters. Ensete flour constitutes the staple food of the local people. Taro, yams, and sweet potatoes are commonly grown in the same region as the ensete. The...
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(1999–2008). "Musa basjoo". The Musaceae: An annotated list of the species of Ensete, Musa and Musella. "Banans Raras – Musa basjoo". Retrieved 23 November 2013...
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Goeppertia and Stromanthe), is closely related to such groups as Alpinia, Ensete, Canna, Curcuma, Heliconia, Musa and Zingiber. The specific epithet leuconeura...
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considered by some authorities to be a taxonomic synonym of the genus Ensete Musella, Georgia, U.S. town in the state of Georgia Lino Musella, Italian...
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Some species of irises (Iris spp.) Romulea Musaceae Bananas (Musa spp.) Ensete spp. (enset) Rhizome Root vegetable Tuber Pate, John; Dixon, Kingsley; Pate...
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finger millet were domesticated in Ethiopia by 3000 BC, along with noog, ensete, and coffee. Other plant foods domesticated in Africa include watermelon...
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Cuisine of Uganda List of African dishes Plantain Banana cultivar groups Ensete Musa balbisiana Randy C. Ploetz; Angela Kay Kepler; Jeff Daniells; Scot...
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pea Lathyrus tuberosus Elephant foot yam Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Ensete Ensete ventricosum Giant swamp taro Cyrtosperma merkusii Giant taro Alocasia...
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Banana (Musa spp.) Breadfruit Calabash Cherry Cocopalm Durian (Durio spp.) Ensete Fig Ice-cream bean Jackfruit Mango Panama-hat palm Papaya (Carica papaya)...
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(1996), "Creating Landrace Diversity: The Case of the Ari People and Ensete (Ensete ventricosum) in Ethiopia", Redefining Nature, Routledge, pp. 233–268...
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crop domesticated in the Ethiopian highlands is coffee. In addition, khat, ensete, noog, teff and finger millet were also domesticated in the Ethiopian highlands...
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Musa and for the fruit they produce. Banana or bananas may also refer to: Ensete ventricosum (Ethiopian banana, false banana, enset), an important foodcrop...
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make use of the false banana plant (enset, Ge'ez: እንሰት ïnset), a type of ensete. The plant is pulverized and fermented to make various foods, including...
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coracana 4,000? east African lowlands vegeculture of Dioscorea cayennensis and Ensete ventricosum poorly documented 7) Near East Hordeum vulgare, Triticum spp...
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On the other hand, their agricultural economy is based on cultivating ensete, as is their neighbors the Sidama people, whose language is closely related...
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