ensete

The word ensete signifies the tree against hunger, or the poor's tree, though the most wealthy often eat of it.

A Voyage to Abyssinia Jeronimo Lobo 1637

This tree, which the natives call ensete, is wonderfully useful; its leaves, which are so large as to cover a man, make hangings for rooms, and serve the inhabitants instead of linen for their tables and carpets.

A Voyage to Abyssinia Jeronimo Lobo 1637

(Digitaria exilis), a West African cereal crop also known as "fonio," and ensete

Chapter 4 1992

Although the potential of sago and ensete for large-scale fuel production is not clear, they may have important local applications,

2 Biomass Sources 1983

The false banana, ensete (Musa ensete), is a food staple of southwestern Ethiopia and northern Uganda.

2 Biomass Sources 1983

The ensete tree of Bruce, the leaves of which resemble the banana, with fruit like figs, but not eatable, with a trunk esculent till it reaches its perfect growth and is full of leaves, resembles in some of its particulars a tree described by

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson William Stevenson 1784

The Abyssins report that this tree when it is cut down groans like a man, and, on this account, call cutting down an ensete killing it.

A Voyage to Abyssinia Jeronimo Lobo 1637

Ethiopia's most important root crop, the ensete, is so named because of its strong resemblance to the domesticated banana plant. "

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

Ethiopia's most important root crop, the ensete, is so named because of its strong resemblance to the domesticated banana plant. "

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

Ethiopia's most important root crop, the ensete, is so named because of its strong resemblance to the domesticated banana plant. "

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010