Plantain stands foremost among the "Muppazhams" or "the trio of the three Great Fruits of south india"viz.,the Plantain, the Mango and the Jack.It is an important staple fruit obtainable in all seasons,at all places --whether in town or village -- and by all people,whether rich or poor.It was well-known to the ancients and the use of "Pancha Sakham"(or its five-fold form viz:the raw-fruit,the rip fruit, the flowr spike,the leaves and the inner stem)and the names of varieties grown at that time(such as,Mocha,Rambha' Kathali and Vamana (short)Kathali)were known in times so far back as the Vedic age.
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