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Ensete
Also called False Bananas
Ensete is a genus of large, monocarpic banana-family plants from tropical Africa and Asia, best known in Ethiopia as the food crop enset (E. ventricosum). Commonly grown members, like the ornamental Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii', need warmth, rich moist soil and bright light, and they die after flowering.
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, and includes the false banana or enset (E. ventricosum), an economically important food crop in Ethiopia.
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