Banana cultivars commonly used in cooking

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Krakatoa: plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) and coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in a forest clearing, with native man and his hut. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

Plantain banana (Musa paradisiaca L.): fruiting branch with sections of flowers and fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Two banana plants (Musa species) and a date palm tree. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) growing by a waterfall with two women resting beneath them. Coloured lithograph by J.B.Kidd, c.1840, after himself.

Plantain banana (Musa x paradisiaca L.): nine sections of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

A bunch of bananas (Musa species) and a bunch of plantains (Musa x paradisiaca). Coloured lithograph by R. Bridgens, c. 1836, after himself.

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Plantain banana

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Plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) growing by a waterfall with two women resting beneath them. Coloured lithograph by J.B.Kidd, c.1840, after himself.

Two banana plants (Musa species) and a date palm tree. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Plantain banana (Musa paradisiaca L.): fruiting branch with sections of flowers and fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

A bunch of bananas (Musa species) and a bunch of plantains (Musa x paradisiaca). Coloured lithograph by R. Bridgens, c. 1836, after himself.

Plantain banana (Musa x paradisiaca L.): nine sections of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

Plantain banana

Images from the collections

Images referencing Plantain banana

Works from the collections

Plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) growing by a waterfall with two women resting beneath them. Coloured lithograph by J.B.Kidd, c.1840, after himself.

Two banana plants (Musa species) and a date palm tree. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Plantain banana (Musa paradisiaca L.): fruiting branch with sections of flowers and fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

A bunch of bananas (Musa species) and a bunch of plantains (Musa x paradisiaca). Coloured lithograph by R. Bridgens, c. 1836, after himself.

Plantain banana (Musa x paradisiaca L.): nine sections of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

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