It is one of the two genera in the banana family, Musaceae, and includes the false banana or enset (E. ventricosum), an economically important foodcrop in Ethiopia.
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:Ensete ventricosum - enset or false banana, widely cultivated as a food plant in Ethiopia
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:Ensete glaucum - widespread in Asia from India to Papua New Guinea
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However, the genus did not receive general recognition until 1947 when it was revived by E. E. Cheesman in the first of a series of papers in the Kew Bulletin on the classification of the bananas, with a total of 25 species.
Ensete ventricosum | Ensete glaucum |