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What is puvanvali in english?

The species Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca is known by the common name Puvanvali in Tamil.

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, Puvanvali (Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca) is known by Banana inflorescence or Plantain.

Beautiful grapes often make poor wine.
—French proverb