Enset, Ethiopia's remarkable 'tree against hunger' flowers at Kew Gardens for the first time

Enset (Ensete ventricosum), an African relative of the much-beloved banana plant, is flowering inside of Kew Gardens' Temperate House, marking the very first time this extraordinary plant has produced an inflorescence at the botanic garden. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew scientists and horticulturists are now encouraging visitors to hurry up and see the plant in bloom, as due to its monocarpic nature, the plant will flower only once and die.