Plant
- Tropical, evergreen perennial
- Can be grown as potted or annual garden specimen plant
Stem
- Made up of large, tightly overlapping leaf sheaths
- New stem grows annually
Leaf
- Large, up to 9' long and 2' wide
Flower
- Large, enclosed by purplish, leathery bracts
Fruit
- Long, narrow, cylindrical
- In clusters
- Size variable
- Leathery rind
- Green, ripening to yellow (some red)
