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What is Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca in english?

Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca

Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca, i.e. the plantain or the banana is a herbaceous flowering plant often considered both a vegetable as well as a fruit and many languages do not differentiate between the two. Besides the fruit, banana flower buds are also edible and have similar labelling issues. A loose distinction made between the banana and the plantain is that the plantain is a banana which is cooked.

In English, Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca is known by Banana inflorescence or Plantain.

The pumpkin vine never bears watermelons.
—Creole proverb (American)