1. The aerial shoot of the banana is leafy almost to the top of the pseudostem, and bears the largest leaves produced by the plant. 2. The phyllotaxy changes with the age of the plant, from under 2/5 ...

Leaves ranging from banana to ash gourd are used to make chingdi paturi, bhetki-maach er paturi, ilish paturi. In the South, Kancheepuram idlis are traditionally steamed in a bamboo basket lined ...