Enset (false banana)
Ensete ventricosum
A banana relative native to Ethiopia, cultivated not for its fruit but for its starchy pseudostem and corm, which are fermented into a staple food.
Family
Musaceae
Temperature
16-24°C (absolute 8-30°C)
Rainfall
1100-1500mm (absolute 900-1700mm)
Altitude
500-3100m
Soil pH
5.6-7.3 (absolute 5-7.5)
Soil types
humid Ethiopian highland climates.