Talk:Plantain

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[edit] 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)


[edit] Genus/species?

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

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)

[edit] 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)

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

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

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