Ensete glaucum
Abyssinian Banana
Ensete ventricosum
(Welw.) Cheesman Species
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- Botanical name
- Ensete ventricosum
- Also known as
- Abyssinian Banana, Abyssinian-Banana, Enset, Ensete, Ethiopian Banana, False Banana
- Family
- Musaceae
- Genus
- Ensete
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Abyssinian Banana
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Ensete ventricosum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Ensete arnoldianum
Ensete bagshawei
Ensete buchananii
Ensete davyae
Ensete edule
Ensete fecundum
Ensete holstii
Ensete laurentii
Ensete proboscideum
Ensete ruandense
Ensete rubronervatum
Ensete schweinfurthii
Ensete ulugurense
Ensete ventricosum var. montbeliardii
Mnasium theophrasti
Musa africana
Musa arnoldiana
Musa bagshawei
Musa buchananii
Musa davyae
Musa ensete
Musa ensete var. montbeliardii
Musa fecunda
Musa holstii
Musa kaguna
Musa laurentii
Musa martretiana
Musa proboscidea
Musa ruandensis
Musa rubronervata
Musa schweinfurthii
Musa ulugurensis
Musa ventricosa
Others in Ensete
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