Musa Ensete 



NO— MusaceaB 

 Bananier d'Ethiopie Banana 



Plants bearing gigantic leaves on long petioles, the imbricated Sheaths of 

 which form a pseudo-stem many, feet high. They produce large clusters of 

 pulpy but not edible fruit. The fibre of the petioles furnishes « Manilla hemp n. 



From one variety the petioles,when incised, give issue to a quantity of watery 

 juice, whence it is sometimes known as I'arbre du voyaffettr. 



The common banana is a much smaller plant with a different flower. 



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