Will the Red Ensette fruit?? pix
 

I have researched and found a few answers...like
If it pups, it fruits....
The fruit is horrible....
Nobody has responded PMs or threads.
Purchased from Home Depot last week and still in pot. The picture on the tag doesn't look like the plant.
The question goes to the forum: Will the fruit be yummy....or did I purchase a gift for my neighbor hehehe



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Love the red....

Any suggestions or comments would be great!
I want to plant this with a mat of Dwarf Brazilians and a Williams Hybrid.
I keep on up on pup maintenance and fertilizer.
-Scott

Re: Will the Red Ensette fruit?? pix
 

Yeah, it should fruit in zone 10 Florida within a few years. The fruit is not edible and to my knowledge, if the seeds sprout, they either produce a green Ensete ventricosum or die.

Re: Will the Red Ensette fruit?? pix
 

I scored one of these at the plant swap a few weeks ago. :woohoonaner: Wow I did not know they fruit !

Re: Will the Red Ensette fruit?? pix
 

All flowering plants make fruit, but not all make an edible fruit. In the realm of bananas, this species does not make an edible fruit. There are some interesting traditional uses of the plant in Africa. But for practical reasons, it is an ornamental plant only.

Re: Will the Red Ensette fruit?? pix
 

Then my neighbor will love it :)
Thanks Gabe for clearing that up for me.

-Scott

Re: Will the Red Ensette fruit?? pix
 

Yes, they bloom, no they do not pup (though a large plant can be chopped off and the growth point mutilated to force it to send up many small plants....pics in the wiki on EV). As far as the fruit goes...small and very seedy. Definitely not something you want to eat unless you like chewing on rocks. Here is a pic of EV fruit: