Plantain Wiki. For them to fruit. Plantains are a staple food in the tropical regions of the world treated in much the same way as potatoes and with a similar neutral flavour and texture when unripe.
This is different from the soft and sweet banana. The plantain is a crop from the genus Musa. The EnriquilloPlantain Garden fault zone EPGFZ or EPGZ is a system of active coaxial left lateral-moving strike slip faults which runs along the southern side of the island of Hispaniola where Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located.
The plantain plant is a gigantic herb that springs from an underground stem or rhizome.
The way certain species are called often show how they are used. Plantains are a staple food in the tropical regions of the world treated in much the same way as potatoes and with a similar neutral flavour and texture when unripe. Fried green plantains - tostones - are crispy and savory often served in place of fried. Dried plantain leaves are used in the treatment of mad dog bites.
