Editing Ensete (section)

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| oldest_fossil = Eocene
| image = Ensete superbum.jpg
| image_caption = ''Ensete superbum'' at the [[United States Botanic Garden]]
| taxon = Ensete
| authority = [[James Bruce|Bruce]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Ensete''''' is a [[genus]] of [[monocarpic]] [[flowering plant]]s [[native plant|native]] to tropical regions of Africa and Asia. It is one of the three genera in the [[banana]] family, [[Musaceae]], and includes the false banana or enset (''[[Ensete ventricosum|E. ventricosum]]''), an economically important food crop in Ethiopia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wilkin|first1=Paul|last2=Demissew|first2=Sebsebe|last3=Willis|first3=Kathy|last4=Woldeyes|first4=Feleke|last5=Davis|first5=Aaron P.|last6=Molla|first6=Ermias L.|last7=Janssens|first7=Steven|last8=Kallow|first8=Simon|last9=Berhanu|first9=Admas|title=Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple|journal=Annals of Botany|volume=123|issue=5|pages=747–766|language=en|doi=10.1093/aob/mcy214|pmid=30715125|pmc=6526316|year=2019}}</ref><ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}</ref><ref name=aaas>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaas.org/international/africa/enset/uses.shtml|title=Uses of Enset|access-date=13 August 2007|year=1997|work=The 'Tree Against Hunger': Enset-Based Agricultural Systems in Ethiopia|publisher=[[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819143500/http://www.aaas.org/international/africa/enset/uses.shtml|archive-date=19 August 2007}}</ref>