Note 38 — Chapter VII · THE MARCH TO FUGA. ASCENT OF THE HIGHLANDS OF EAST AFRICA. PRESENTATION TO KING KIMWERE.
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The banana is the Musa Sapientum: the plantain is the M. Paradisiaca, and Linnæus picturesquely adopted Musa from the Arabic Mauz (موز): in India the small species is called plantain, the large horse-plantain, and the French term both ‘bananes.’ In E. Africa there are half-a-dozen varieties of the ‘Ndizi.’