Family: musaceae
Common name(s): Abyssinian banana
Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 9~10b - 11
General resources
Links for Ensete ventricosum
- BBC Gardening: Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses. (1 photo)
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 9-11) (31 photos)
- Denver Botanic Gardens - Description, native range, and cultural requirements. (additional pages for other varieties) (zone 9)
- Floridata - Illustrated informative profile page with notes on culture, usage, and noteworthy features. (zone 9-11) (1 photo)
- Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile (2 varieties in database) (1 photo)
- Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 10-11) (1 photo). Also a page for 'Maurelii'.
- North Carolina State University factsheet: Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' - Plant profile with horticultural details and comments (zone 10b-11a) (5 photos)
- Pacific Bulb Society - One of the plants described on this page about the genus. (2 photos)
- PlantzAfrica - Features South African plants, with photos, description, distribution and ecology, and uses. (10 photos)
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