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False banana; Abyssinian banana - Ensete ventricosum

Ensete ventricosum, aka the False Banana, Ethiopian Banana, Abyssinian Banana, or Enset is an African herbaceous species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae, in the genus Ensete. The name 'ensete ventricosum' was first published in 1948 in Kew Bulletin. 1947, p. 101. Its synonyms include Musa arnoldiana De Wild. , Musa ventricosa Welw. and Musa ensete J. F. Gmel. Like bananas, Ensete ventricosum is a large non-woody plant—a gigantic monocarpic evergreen perennial herb (not a tree) up to 6 m (20 ft) tall. Enset (E. ventricosum) is Ethiopia's most important root crop, a traditional staple in the densely populated south and southwestern parts of Ethiopia. The root is the main edible portion as its fruit lacks flavor.

Approvals

Animal	Part(s)	Comment
Birds	All
Canid	All
Equid	All
Felid	All
Herp-Invert	All
Hoofstock	All
Insectivore	All
Marsupials	All
Pachyderm	All
Phocid	All
Porcine	All
Primate	All
Rodentia	All
Small Mammal	All
Ursid	All

Locations

Location	Comments
Not On Grounds

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Plant

Raw Data

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               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Phocid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
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               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Rodentia', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Hoofstock', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Small Mammal', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
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               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Birds', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'}],
 'BotanicalName': 'Ensete ventricosum',
 'Comments': '            Ensete ventricosum, aka the False Banana, Ethiopian '
             'Banana, Abyssinian Banana, or Enset is an African herbaceous '
             'species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae, in the '
             "genus Ensete. The name 'ensete ventricosum' was first published "
             'in 1948 in Kew Bulletin. 1947, p. 101. Its synonyms include Musa '
             'arnoldiana De Wild. , Musa ventricosa Welw. and Musa ensete J. '
             'F. Gmel. Like bananas, Ensete ventricosum is a large non-woody '
             'plant—a gigantic monocarpic evergreen perennial herb (not a '
             'tree) up to 6 m (20 ft) tall. Enset (E. ventricosum) is '
             "Ethiopia's most important root crop, a traditional staple in the "
             'densely populated south and southwestern parts of Ethiopia.  The '
             'root is the main edible portion as its fruit lacks flavor.\r\n'
             '        ',
 'CommonName': 'False banana; Abyssinian banana',
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 'Locations': [{'LocationComments': '', 'LocationName': 'Not On Grounds'}],
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