Various types of rice including black, arborio, basmati, red and parboiled on a banana leaf, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Woman selling bananas and rice balls, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves on barbecue at Vietnamese Lunar New Year Festival in Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Mrs Vijayalakshmi Neelakandan with complete meal in a thali covered with a banana leaf with all the dishes - rasam, pickles, salad, seasoned yogurt, rice, meat stew, potatoes, salt, fried fish, curried eggs.

CAMBODIA Woman cutting banana stem for cooking. Ban Bung village, Stung Treng district

Variety of waffles on pan

Roasted pork Havanna with golden haitian grits plantain banana cream sweet corn salsa and sherry wine reduction, Restaurant Norman's, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA

Woman cuts peeled banana on cutting board in the kitchen

A woman mixing fruits and berries in a blender for smoothie

Colombian speciality, banana leaves stuffed with rice, coconut rice, grilled, Colombia, South America

Patacon sandwich - traditional sandwich made from cooking bananas (plantains) with chicken meat and lettuce. Freshly prepared at food truck. African food

Colombian speciality, banana leaves stuffed with rice, coconut rice, grilled, Colombia, South America

A Dorze compound with banana grove in foggy weather. The huts have a frame made of bamboo amd a waterproof layer of Banana leaves. Cattle has its own compartment in the hut. The tribe of the Dorze is living high up in the Guge Moutains above the ethiopian part of the rift valley. ,Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, February 2010