Plantain
the Musa paradisiaca, a small tree closely akin to the banana from which it differs in not having purple spots on its stem. The fruit also is larger and more angular. It is extensively cultivated throughout India, where its leaf is used for dressing blistered wounds and as a rest for the eye in ophthalmia. Powdered and dried, it is used to stop bleeding at the nose.
The fruit is delicious and thoroughly wholesome. When unripe it is cooling