Plantain bunch (matooke), staple diet in southern Uganda

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Plantain is the staple diet among many bantu africans, among these the southern tribes in Uganda. When the bunch becomes large it is often, as here, necessary to support the plant from breaking or falling over

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Location: Uganda
Photo credit: © Barbara Gonget / G&B Images / Alamy / Afripics
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