A tree bearing bananas.

Banana

A tree bearing bananas.

Illustrated is a hand of the fig banana. The fig banana is a variety of plantain. It is commonly found in Trinidad.

Fig Banana

Illustrated is a hand of the fig banana. The fig banana is a variety of plantain. It is commonly found…

Musa rosacea has the common name Mauritius Plantain tree. The flowers of the tree bloom in march. The fruit have an oblong shape. Pictured is the habit, detached young infructescence, and clusters of fruits of the plantain tree.

Musa Rosacea

Musa rosacea has the common name Mauritius Plantain tree. The flowers of the tree bloom in march. The…

Musa superba is a variety of the banana or plantain tree. This tree has a pseudo-stem swollen at the base. The tree grows fourteen feet tall.

Flowering Plant and Detached Flower of Musa Superba

Musa superba is a variety of the banana or plantain tree. This tree has a pseudo-stem swollen at the…

A genus of plants distributed abundantly in all parts of the world. They inclue about one hundred species, and are most abundant in the temperate regions.

Plantain

A genus of plants distributed abundantly in all parts of the world. They inclue about one hundred species,…

A genus of plants distributed abundantly in all parts of the world. They inclue about one hundred species, and are most abundant in the temperate regions.

Plantain

A genus of plants distributed abundantly in all parts of the world. They inclue about one hundred species,…

The plantain variety of banana is a popular cooking banana in the tropical regions of the Americas. Plantains are coarser and harder fruits than regular bananas.

Plantain Banana

The plantain variety of banana is a popular cooking banana in the tropical regions of the Americas.…

An illustration of a plantain plant. The plantain is a crop in the genus Musa and is generally used for cooking, in contrast to the soft, sweet banana (which is sometimes called the dessert banana).

Plantain Flower

An illustration of a plantain plant. The plantain is a crop in the genus Musa and is generally used…

An illustration of a section of a plantain flower.

Plantain Flower (Section)

An illustration of a section of a plantain flower.

An illustration of a plantain plant flower and bract. In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf. Bracts are ordinarily associated with reproductive structures (subtending flowers, inflorescence axes, or cone scales). They are ordinarily reduced in size relative to foliage leaves, or of a different color or texture from foliage leaves, or both.

Plantain Flower and Bract

An illustration of a plantain plant flower and bract. In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized…

An illustration of plantain plant fruit bursting.

Plantain Fruit

An illustration of plantain plant fruit bursting.

<i>Plantago major</i>. "...a flower cluster or form of inflorescence in which the flowers are sessile (or apparently so) along an elongated, unbranched common axis, as in the well-known mullen and plantain." &mdash;Whitney, 1889
<p>Illustration of a spike from a Broadleaf Plantain.

Broadleaf Plantain - Spike

Plantago major. "...a flower cluster or form of inflorescence in which the flowers are sessile (or apparently…

1. Sea-plantain. 2. Sea-pink 3. Sea-reed, 4. Sea Rocket, 5. Sea Campion, 6. Sea-holly 7. Sea-spurge 8. Stone-pop

Types of Seashore Life

1. Sea-plantain. 2. Sea-pink 3. Sea-reed, 4. Sea Rocket, 5. Sea Campion, 6. Sea-holly 7. Sea-spurge…

A plantain spike.

Plantain spike

A plantain spike.