Description:
Musaceae (banana family) »
Ensete superbum en-SET-ee -- transcription of the plant's vernacular name soo-PER-bum -- meaning, superb commonly known as: rock banana, wild plantain • Hindi: जंगली केला jungli kela • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಬಾಳೆ kaadu baale, ಕಲ್ಲು ಬಾಳೆ kallu baale • Konkani: रान क्यांळे raan kyaanle • Malayalam: കല്ല് വാഴ kall vazha • Marathi: चवेणी chaveni, रानकेळ raankel • Sanskrit: बहुजा bahuja • Tamil: கல்வாழை kal-valai, காட்டுவாழை kattu-valai • Telugu: అడవి అరటి adavi arati Endemic to: Western Ghats and some other hills of peninsular India References:
Flowers of India •
Wikipedia •
users globalnet •
DDSA. Date: 14 October 2007, 10:17. Source:
Wild Plantain. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.