Plantain may refer to:

Plants and fruits

Cooking banana Cooking bananas are banana cultivars in the genus ''Musa'' whose fruits are generally used in cooking. They may be eaten ripe or unripe and are generally starchy. Many cooking bananas are referred to as plantains (/ˈplæntɪn/, /plænˈteɪn/ ...

, banana cultivars in the genus ''Musa'' whose fruits are generally used in cooking **

True plantains "True" plantains are a group of cultivars of the genus ''Musa'' ( bananas and plantains) placed in the African Plantain subgroup of the AAB chromsome group. Although "AAB" and "true plantain" are often used interchangeably, plantains are just t ...

, a group of cultivars of the genus ''Musa'' * ''

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...

'', a family of flowering plants known as ''plantains'' * ''

Plantago ''Plantago'' is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, commonly called plantains or fleaworts. The common name plantain is shared with the unrelated cooking plantain. Most are herbaceous plants, though a ...

'', a genus of ''Plantaginaceae'' * ''

Platanus ''Platanus'' is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae. All mature members of ''Platanus'' are tall, reaching in height. All except f ...

'', a genus of trees formerly known as ''plantains''

Other uses

Plantain Garden River The Plantain Garden River is a river in the parish of St Thomas on the island of Jamaica. It is the only major river in Jamaica that does not flow in a northerly or southerly direction. See also *List of rivers of Jamaica *Enriquillo–Plantain G ...

, in Jamaica *

Plantain River The Plantain River (''French: Rivière Plantain'') is a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, flowing in the municipality of L'Île-d'Anticosti, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in provinc ...

, a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in L'Île-d'Anticosti, Quebec, Canada * James Plaintain (fl. 1720–1728), a pirate active in the Indian Ocean *

Plantain mosa Plantain mosa is a Nigerian snacks which is a components of small chops. Other components of small chops include grilled chicken, spring roll, samosa and puff puff. Mosa is similar to the Ghanaian Tatale except that it is made with over-ripe plan ...

, a Nigerian snack which is a component of small chops