In a new study published in the journal Plants, People, Planet, scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich, UK, the Alliance ...

Enset (Ensete ventricosum), an African relative of the much-beloved banana plant, is flowering inside of Kew Gardens' Temperate House, marking the very first time this extraordinary plant has produced ...

Enset is a relative of the banana. It has been cultivated in a parts of Ethiopia for generations because it has several unique characteristics that make it a resilient and reliable staple crop.

Enset, a drought-tolerant crop native to Ethiopia and known as the “tree against hunger,” feeds more than 25 million people and is seen as a key to building climate-resilient food systems. Despite its ...

Scientists predict the fruit, dubbed 'false banana,' can feed more than 100 million people across the globe. Olivia Rosane is a freelance writer who focuses on environmental issues. Her work has ...

At first glance, Ensete ventricosum may look like a banana plant, with huge green fronds and a towering, thick brown pseudostem. But if you peel these orange, banana-cousin fruits, watch out: Instead ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Dibaabish Jaboo kneads the pale, vegetative flesh of the enset plant, ...

Enset (Ensete ventricosum) is a perennial, banana‐related staple cultivated exclusively in the southern Ethiopian highlands, where it underpins the livelihoods and food security of over 20 million ...

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The enset plant – commonly known as the false banana – feeds some 20 million people in the highlands of Ethiopia. But its potential is far greater. Resistant to drought and able to grow all year round ...