...In Europe and the US, the seeds of the same genus, P. psyllium L., are used as a laxative. The family Plantaginaceae consists of three genera and 265 species, and in Japan only the genus Plantago (English name: plantain/rib‐wort) produces six species. P. japonica Fr. et Sav. resembles plantain, but is large, with leaves over 30 cm long, and grows on the coasts of Honshu to Kyushu. ... From [Banana]...All the fruits imported to Japan from Taiwan and the Philippines are triploid varieties of this Musa acuminata, and the so-called Sanshaku banana ( M. cavendishii , M. nana ) cultivated in greenhouses are also dwarf varieties of this species that arose from mutation. On the other hand, the cooking banana variety group M. × paradisiaca L. (English name plantain) is of hybrid origin, a triploid or tetraploid result of hybridization between Musa acuminata and M. balbisiana Colla (wildly distributed from Southeast Asia to Micronesia and western Polynesia). Some varieties of this hybrid triploid are used not only for cooking but also for fruit, but they are hardy and the most cold-resistant of all edible bananas, and some varieties can be cultivated in southern Kyushu. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "plantain" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…欧米では同属のP.psyllium L.の種子を下剤とする。 オオバコ科は3属265種あり,日本にはオオバコ属Plantago(英名plantain∥rib‐wort)のみ6種を産する。トウオオバコP.japonica Fr.et Sav.はオオバコに似るが,大型で30cm以上の葉をもち,本州から九州の海辺に生える。… 【バナナ】より…日本に台湾やフィリピンから輸入されているものはすべて,このムサ・アクミナタの三倍体品種群の果実であり,温室で栽培される三尺バナナ(M.cavendishii,M.nana)と呼ばれるものも,突然変異によって生じたこの種の矮型(わいけい)の品種群である。他方,料理用バナナ品種群M.×paradisiaca L.(英名plantain)は雑種起源で,ムサ・アクミナタとリュウキュウイトバショウM.balbisiana Colla(東南アジアからミクロネシア,ポリネシア西部まで野生分布)とが交雑し,三倍体あるいは四倍体になったものである。この雑種三倍体は料理用のみならず,果物用にも利用される品種があるが,じょうぶで食用バナナのなかでもっとも耐寒性があり,九州南部でも栽植可能な品種がある。… ※「plantain」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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