Ensete superbum

Erect shrubs with unbranched globose leafsheaths formed into a pseudostem of 50-100 cm diam. Leaves spirally arranged, 3 x 0.8 m, oblong, entire with channelled midrib; lateral nerves many, parallel from 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