Plantain Explained

Plantain may refer to:

Plants and fruits

• Cooking banana, banana cultivars in the genus Musa whose fruits are generally used in cooking
  • True plantains, a group of cultivars of the genus Musa
• Plantaginaceae, a family of flowering plants known as plantains
• Plantago, a genus of Plantaginaceae
• Platanus, a genus of trees formerly known as plantains

Other uses

• Plantain Garden River, in Jamaica
• Plantain River, a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in L'Île-d'Anticosti, Quebec, Canada
• James Plaintain (fl. 1720–1728), a pirate active in the Indian Ocean
• Plantain mosa, a Nigerian snack which is a component of small chops

See also

• Banana (disambiguation)
• Fried plantain, a dish made from plantains
• List of banana cultivars
• Hosta, or plantain lily