Ensete superbum
Erect shrubs with unbranched globose leaf sheaths formed into a pseudostem of 50-100 cm diam. Leaves spirally arranged, 3 x 0.8 m, oblong, entire with channeled midrib; lateral nerves many, parallel from the midrib.
superbum are used to treat wide range of human diseases like appendicitis, cancer, diabetes, dog bite, dysuria, kidney stone, leucoderma, leucorrhoea, measles, psychosomatic disorder, stomach ache, venereal diseases. Fruits, flowers and pseudostem of E. superbum are used as vegetable in different parts of the country