From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 
The banana, or plantain, is the staple of diet. There are 
several varieties. Besides the sweet banana, which is eaten ripe 
and raw, there is a plantain which is gathered unripe and eaten 
cooked. From the flesh of another variety a sort of bread is 
made. The juice is pressed out and forms a refreshing, cool 
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drink called Mbisi. This becomes alcoholic and intoxicating if 
allowed to ferment, and is then called Mwenge. Finally the 
leaves and stalks are used for various purposes. The origin 
of the cultivated banana is uncertain. Botanically it is quite 
different from the wild native banana, and it is doubtful 
whether it could have been derived from it. 
