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Davey · 09-17-2021, 04:56 PM

Looking for whatever banana/plantain plant they sell the leaves of, frozen, in the grocery store, for wrapping food for steaming or grilling.

Does anyone know which one they use for that, and whether it would grow in coastal Louisiana? If so, where to get a start?

We used to use the leaves of our big clump of 'Orinoco'/ Burro bananas, but moved off and left it. It was a little thinner than the ones sold in the grocery store, anyhow. My beautiful, young clump of 'NamWah' (bought a nice
start from a person I found on this site, and it has done well!) can't spare any leaves...besides, they are thinner than than 'Orinoco', at least at this stage.

Any advice is welcome.

Miriam Davey
Lacombe, LA

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Davey Location: Lacombe, LA Zone: USDA 9 a Name: Davey Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 32 BananaBucks : 9,292 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 20 Times Was Thanked 25 Times in 13 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Need banana with plantain leaves for cooking Looking for whatever banana/plantain plant they sell the leaves of, frozen, in the grocery store, for wrapping food for steaming or grilling. Does anyone know which one they use for that, and whether it would grow in coastal Louisiana? If so, where to get a start? We used to use the leaves of our big clump of 'Orinoco'/ Burro bananas, but moved off and left it. It was a little thinner than the ones sold in the grocery store, anyhow. My beautiful, young clump of 'NamWah' (bought a nice start from a person I found on this site, and it has done well!) can't spare any leaves...besides, they are thinner than than 'Orinoco', at least at this stage. Any advice is welcome. Miriam Davey Lacombe, LA