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Must be cooked?

I need to know *why* plantains "must" be cooked. I met someone who has been eating plantains raw for a long time, with no apparent ill effect; therefore I suspect the instruction to be an old wives' tale. If anyone has more success finding out the truth about uncooked plantains, it would be a valuable addition to the WIKI article.

For archival reasons, I read that one person described it like eating green apples and will make you sick as if you ate green apples, the biology I dont know. It would be a good idea, except even google cant find me why you dont eat plantains.Patcat88 21:38, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I dont think anybody will get sick if you take raw plantains, We mostly take it uncooked. One thing, the plantains one get in US dont taste good as raw, But the raw plantains from India are much sweet than banana, and if cooked it will be more sweeter. Bijee 00:08, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Speaking for plantains grown in the Caribbean region, they can be consumed either green or ripe. The same as bananas, when it's green it has a high content of starch and it is hard to bite into. The high starch content may have some unpleasant effects on the stomach and may even cause stomach aches if a large enough quantity is eaten raw. The starchy taste is not very appealing, it is hard to peal and the gluey sap on the peal will stain the skin. That is why it is recommended to boil it when it is green. As the plantain starts to ripen the starch turns into sugar and the fruit softens, the skin dries and thins out turning yellow and black making it easy to peal it; the same as ripe bananas the fruit tastes sweet although you may still detect the taste of starch depending on how ripe it is. There is no problem eating ripe plantains raw; unless you exceed yourself. Eating to many ripe plantains will have the same effect as eating too many ripe bananas. Frankrf 20:39, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Genus/species?

Why is the genus/species not listed here (and there is no taxobox)? Badagnani 05:35, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

not only that, but it doesn't say where they are native to. I couldn't tell if they were native to central america, or elsewhere and imported.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.127.79.43 (talk • contribs) .

Furthermore, "plantain" refers to two different genera, Plantago and Musa -- this entry references both without distinction! Washort 00:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative medicine?

This is in the alternative medicine category but I can't see any part of the article that discusses such a use. Has it been wrongly categorised, or could someone explain its uses in alternaive medicine?Merkinsmum 20:49, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See: A patented plantain extract for treating Crohn's disease.

http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=75224&m=1NIE323&c=mdwytyoturbjxro

Answ: I don't know what's this article is talking about but actually the Plantain is completely different thing! Look here: http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/placom43.html And yes Plantain leaf is known as a medicine plant for centuries!

I'm removing the Alternative medicine category. __meco 10:15, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

too many methods of cooking?

Is it just me, or is two thirds of this article written about ways to cook the plantain? I think they should be moved to a separate article. Hoogli 19:01, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to pronounce it

Well I am in an argument with a class mate and i want to know is it Plaintain or planton, Plaintain is how africans pronounce it but planton is how people from the islands pronounce it? Why do you think this is Ļăŋ, Đřăĝόŉ Ķňĭģħŧ Ŏf Ĺĭģĥť 02:57, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maduros

What is the etymology of "maduros"? Badagnani 08:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maduro is Spanish for "Mature". In this case, the word "maduro" (mature), is how you would refer to a plantain as "ripe" in Spanish. 98.199.157.182 (talk) 09:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Life Cycle

The life cycle of this fruit seems unusual. There are hints of it in the shoots section. A section that outlined the natural life cycle and how it is manipulated for growing as a crop would be very helpful. --69.64.230.136 (talk) 05:57, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yo-yo

I was born and raised in Venezuela and I have never heard about this form of cooking plantains. I believe this must be a traditional way of cooking plantains in some other country. 67.173.136.128 (talk) 19:48, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]