Ensete ventricosum, usually called the False Banana, Ethiopian Banana, or Abyssinian Banana is a plant in the genus Ensete

Ensete

Ensete, or Enset, is a genus of plants, native to tropical regions of Africa and Asia. It is one of the three genera in the banana family, Musaceae.- Domesticated enset in Ethiopia :...

 which is related to Banana

Banana

Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red....

s. Ensete ventricosum's name was first published 1948 in Kew Bull. 1947, p. 101. Its synonyms include Musa arnoldiana De Wild., Musa ventricosa Welw. or Musa ensete J. F. Gmel.

Description

Native to Africa, the Ensete ventricosum is a large plant usually growing to 6m in height.

Known Variants and Hybrids

• Ensete ventricosum 'Atropurpureum'
• Ensete ventricosum 'Green Stripe'
• Red false banana (Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii', syn. Musa maurelii)
• Ensete ventricosum 'Montbeliardii'
• Ensete ventricosum 'Tandarra Red' (syn. Musa 'Tandarra Red')
• Ensete ventricosum 'Red Stripe' (syn. Musa 'Red Stripe')
• Ensete ventricosum 'Rubra' (syn. Musa ensete 'Rubra')