98 VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 
Fic. 107, I.—Banana (Musa sapientum, Banana Family, Musacee). Plant 
showing flower cluster and young fruit. (Pechuel-Loesch.)—What ap- 
pears to be trunk consists of the leaf-stalks wrapped around one an- 
other, the stem being short and mostly underground. The height is 
about 6 m. or more. 
