| Title | Plantyns |
| Origtitle | Inside a wild-type banana |
| Caption | A photograph of the inside of an unripe wild-type banana showing numerous large, hard seeds. |
| Source | Wikipedia |
| Date | 31 March 2007 |
| URL | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_a_wild-type_banana.jpg |
| Creator | Warut Roonguthai |
| Type | Photograph |
| Copyright | Public Domain |
| Origin | Internet |
This word is mentioned in association with several tropical fruits. It almost certainly refers to ‘plantain’.; From Wikipedia:; "Plantain (pronounced /'plænt?n/ as in mountain;[1][2] also UK: /'pl??nt?n/[1] or US: /plæn'te?n/[3][4]) is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa. The fruit they produce is generally used for cooking, in contrast to the soft, sweet banana (which is sometimes referred to as the dessert banana). There is a formal botanical distinction between bananas and plantains based on its structure and genus/species.; The population of North America was first introduced to the fruit as banana plantain, and in the United States and Europe "banana" generally refers to that variety. The word "banana" is sometimes used to describe other plantain varieties, and names may reflect local uses or characteristics of varieties: cooking plantain, banana plantain, beer banana, bocadillo plantain, etc.; Plantains are classified formally as Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana or hybrids Musa acuminata × balbisiana, depending on their genomic constitution. The archaic scientific name Musa paradisiaca is no longer used. Most plantains come from the hybrid AAB and ABB Cultivar Groups.; Plantation cultivation in the Caribbean, Central and South America; ; Fruits of wild-type bananas have numerous large, hard seeds"; ; It is also possible that the terms ‘Plantyn’ and ‘Plotonos’ refer to the ‘soft plantain’ known today as ‘banana’. See below from Wikipedia: "In the 15th and 16th century, Portuguese colonists started banana plantations in the Atlantic Islands, Brazil, and western Africa";