Plantain

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-	==Species Name==	+	Plantain usually refers to:
-	N/A	+	*[[Info:Plantain Subgroup]], the botanically accurate name of a specific cultivar group from Africa.
-	===Synonyms===	+	*[[Info:Cooking Bananas]], often colloquially referred to as plantains.
-	*Plantain	+
-	*Cooking Banana	+
-	*Beer Banana	+
-	*Musa x Paradisiaca	+
-	==Pictures==	+
-	==Description==	+	==See also==
-	The world's most popular cooking banana.	+	*[[Info:Pacific Plantains]], banana cultivars originating from Pacific islands often used as cooking bananas.
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-	https://www.promusa.org/Plantain+subgroup	+
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-	https://www.promusa.org/Pacific+plantain	+
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-	From Wikipedia - "True" plantains are a group of cultivars of the genus Musa placed in the African Plantain subgroup of the AAB chromosome group.[1] Although "AAB" and "true plantain" are often used interchangeably, plantains are just the most popular varieties among the AABs.[1] The term "plantain" can refer to all the banana cultivars which are normally eaten after cooking, rather than raw (see cooking banana), or it can refer to members of other subgroups of Musa cultivars, such as the Pacific plantains,[2] although in Africa there is little to no distinction made between the two, as both are commonly cooked.[3] True plantains are divided into four groups based on their bunch type: French, French Horn, False Horn, and Horn plantains.[4]	+
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-	Each bunch type has a variety of cultivars associated with it:[4]	+
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-	French cultivars: 'Obino l'Ewai' (Nigeria), 'Nendran' (India), 'Dominico' (Colombia)	+
-	French Horn cultivars: 'Batard' (Cameroon), 'Mbang Okon' (Nigeria)	+
-	False Horn cultivars: 'Agbagba' and 'Orishele' (Nigeria), 'Dominico-Harton' (Colombia)	+
-	Horn cultivars: 'Ishitim' (Nigeria), 'Pisang Tandok' (Malaysia)	+
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-	In the 1990s, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture published two guides to help scientists and farmers identify plantains in West Africa and support their cultivation.	+
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-	The IITA Reference Guide for "Plantain cultivation under West African Conditions" (1990, page 14)[5] contains photos of different plantain types.[5]	+
-	IITA's Research Guide 66 "Morphology and Growth of Plantain and Banana" (1997, page 10) contains figures of the plantain inflorescence types.[6]	+
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-	*Genetic Group - AAB although given the confusion with nomenclature, plantain can also refer to cooking bananas from other groups -see above	+
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-	Panama	+
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-	*Links to useful discussion threads in the forum:	+
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-	===Members Growing This Banana===	+
-	<googlemap lat="29.840644" lon="-26.015625">	+
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-	==External==	+
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-	*:(Links to other useful pages on the web that mention this banana. Example: [http://www.bananas.org International Banana Society])	+
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Current revision

Plantain usually refers to:

• Info:Plantain Subgroup, the botanically accurate name of a specific cultivar group from Africa.
• Info:Cooking Bananas, often colloquially referred to as plantains.

See also

• Info:Pacific Plantains, banana cultivars originating from Pacific islands often used as cooking bananas.