Plantain

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Plantain may refer to:

Banana related
  • Plantain (cooking) – any starchy banana that is used in cooking, for which no clear cultivar definition exists. This definition goes by culinary use. Commonly called cooking banana or plantain.
  • True plantain – a particular subgroup of cultivated varieties (cultivars) of Musa species from the AAB group
  • African Plantain - cultivar subgroup
  • Iholena subgroup - cultivar subgroup that belongs to the informal group of Pacific plantains
  • Maoli-Popo'ulu subgroup - cultivar subgroup that belongs to the informal group of Pacific plantains
  • Maqueño banana
  • Popoulu banana
Other
  • Plantago – a herbaceous plant not related to Musa (bananas)

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