Plantain Z. Plantain may refer to. The leaves grow in a basal rosette shape.
The Plantain plant is low-growing long lived perennial and has distinctly broad well-ribbed oval leaves that can reach up to 12cm in length. Plantain is a very nutritious plant with edible leaves and seeds. Plantains are sometimes called green bananas but they will turn yellow and then dark if allowed to ripen.
The term plantain refers to a type of banana with a very different flavor profile and culinary application than the sweet yellow banana with which most people are familiar.
Bananas are treated as a starchy fruit with a relatively neutral flavour and soft texture when cooked. The plantain plant is a gigantic herb that springs from an underground stem or rhizome. Cooking banana banana cultivars in the genus Musa whose fruits are generally used in cooking. Plantain may refer to.
