The enset plant (Ensete ventricosum) grows mainly in the highlands of South-West Ethiopia. It's a close relative of the banana. But unlike its cousin the fruit is inedible. Known as “falsebanana,” Ensetefalsebananaplants look just like their namesakes, only larger-- 39 feet (12 m.) high, with leaves that are more erect, and inedible fruit.The resultant Ensetefalsebananaplants provide not only food, but fiber for making ropes and mats. Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' (Abyssinian Banana, Red Abyssinian banana, Red Banana, Red FalseBanana, Wild Banana) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Ensete is a genus of monocarpic flowering plants native to tropical regions of Africa and Asia. It is one of the two genera in the banana family, Musaceae, and includes the falsebanana or enset (E. ventricosum), an economically important food crop in Ethiopia. (Musa Ensete ventricosum). It is unbelievably Fast Growing and has carmine Red undersides to the ribs of it's Huge leaves. It can be brought indoors, or cut back and covered with mulch until it Quickly rises again in Spring.Ensete is a fast-growing bananaplant... Care of the rhizomatous plantEnsete ventricosum or Falsebanana. The genus Ensete, family Musaceae, includes 7 species of perennial plants native to Asia and Africa. Some species are: Ensete ventricosum, Ensete superbum, Ensete glaucum. Also known as "falsebanana" due to its striking resemblance to the bananaplant, Enset (Ensete Scitamineae) is a traditional staple crop in many parts of densely populated south and south-western Ethiopia. Ensete ventricosum, commonly known as enset or ensete, Ethiopian banana, Abyssinian banana, pseudo-banana, falsebanana and wild banana, is a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae. The Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelli’ is only cultivated by tissue culture (in vitro). As a result, they are sold in quite large numbers. They are sometimes even found in the regular garden center. Thanks to this cultivation technique, its price is also very low. Light: Potted bananaplants need full sun, with six to eight hours of direct sunlight each day ideally. Place in a south facing window to give it as much light as you can, placing outdoors during the summer is ideal. Water: Musa need lots of water to keep their large leaves well hydrated. The Ensetefalsebananaplants provide not only food, but fibre for making ropes and mats. These fibres are strong and can be used to make biocomposite. Abyssinian Bananas - 18 months after planting.I love this Ensete. It grows really fast, having pushed about 4 leaves in two weeks. by FondOfFronds 1:48 AM. This plant looks like banana with uncanny resemblance, but it definitely is not one. The name is enset or ensete, and people also call it as falsebanana because it is hard to tell which is which without knowledge about each species. One of the differences between the two is the origin. The Red Abyssinian Ensete Maurelii Bananaplant doesn't usually grow pups or offsets so to propagate the plant it needs to be chopped down.
