Ensete ventricosum

Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii', Red Abyssinian Banana

This is not a palm. Bananas are a monocotyledonous family of plants (Musaceae), that are closer to the grasses and have nothing to do with palms. From a botanical point of view, these are giant grasses. They develop a strong underground root mass called rhizome.

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