plantain-tree

• “The cocoa-nut, the bread-fruit, and the plantain-tree, flourish here in the highest perfection; besides which, the country abounds with most of the trees, shrubs, and plants, that are common to the South Sea islands, New Zealand, and”

  Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook

• “Ropemaking is extensively carried on; the best cordage manufactured in the islands being made from the fibres of the plantain-tree, which is known in commerce by the name of Manilla hemp.”

  Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850

• “Hemp is produced from the bark of a species of the plantain-tree, forests of which are found growing wild in some provinces of the”

  Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850

• “Besides clay, some portions of the stem of the plantain-tree are said to have the power of extracting the impurities from sugar, and in some districts are said to be preferred to clay for that purpose, being chopped up in small pieces, and spread over it.”

  Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850

• “On the contrary, he complains of the want of fragrance in the flowers in the conservatory, particularly the roses, as compared with those of his native land -- "there was _one_ plantain-tree which seemed to be regarded as a sort of wonder, though thousands grow in our gardens without any sort of culture.”

  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.

• “They also tie the cocoa-nut blossom and plantain-tree within them, and attach great ropes to them.”

  Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.

• “The mud of the river was still fresh on their flanks, and Hathi was thoughtfully chewing the green stem of a young plantain-tree that he had gouged up with his tusks.”

  The Second Jungle Book

• “The nest, still in my collection, was placed in the fork of _four_ small upright twigs; it was composed entirely of dry grass-stems (no soft material inside), and laced outwardly, in and out of the twigs, with dry fibre belonging to the plantain-tree.”

  The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1

• “As none of the sailors understood a word of it, they were not much enlightened; but the savage, who held a branch of the plantain-tree in his hand during his oration, concluded by casting this branch into the sea.”

  The Cannibal Islands Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas

• “* They cultivate the plantain-tree, cassava, and cotton, on a tolerably extensive tract of ground, and they employ the cotton for weaving hammocks.”

  Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America

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