Near by is the little platano or plantain patch, and a few yuccas.
Presently as we swung around a bend there appeared a tiny cane-walled hut surrounded by a few platano and yucca trees.
This day I took a balsa across the river to try for pig or parrot or turkey, or monkey if we were lucky, or something anyway, for the Caimalebra place was vacant ofplatano or food except for the small family there.
Boussingault[1523] thought that the platano arton at least was of American origin, but he gives no proof.
The dwarf banana, or Platano Enano, has a very pleasant flavor, not unlike that of the Johnson, or banana of commerce, and may be found in almost every garden in the Island.
Another very choice banana is called the "Platano Datil," or date banana.
The fruits of the Platano Guineo are not longer, but much thicker than those of the Platano de la Isla, but they are so full that they burst when quite ripe.
Its fruit is less abundant than that of the Platano Guineo, and it requires longer time to become fully ripe.
The Platano de la Isla, or of Otaheite, was introduced from that archipelago in 1769.
A piece of the Platano Guineo soaked in brandy retains its color unchanged; but the rib-like fibres which connect the rind with the pulp then become black, and imbibe a bitter taste.
The edible part is whiter and softer than that of the Platano de la Isla, to which it is greatly superior in flavor and aroma.
In northern Peru and Guayaquil, the platano fruit is prepared for food in a variety of ways.
The fruit of the third kind of platano, the Platano Largo, is from six to eight inches long, rather narrow, and curved crescent-wise.
No skill is required, and unlike many of our northern fruit-bearing trees, the banana and the platano are entirely exempt from insect pests and diseases.
As compared with the principal vegetables and fruits consumed in the United States and Europe, the food value of the banana and the platano stands in the ratio of five to four in favor of the latter.
Among these the platano and the banana are the most conspicuous, and are never wanting, for they supply a large part of the food of the inhabitants of the tropics.
Humboldt long ago pointed out the great economic value of the banana and the platano as sources of food supply.
The banana-tree, which is seen in the plantations near the town, is not the great Platano harton; but the varieties camburi and dominico, which require less heat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "platano" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
