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Not many people know that the stem of the banana plant is edible, Malaysians call it 'umbut pisang'. We remove the soft inner section of the stem to use in salads or curries. The stems are soft, tender and soak up flavours really well. Usually only eaten during celebrations
I personally believe that this was how people used to consume wild banana plants before domestication
Some additional information in this blog (in Malay)
https://animhosnan.blogspot.com/2012/02/umbut-batang-pisang.html?m=1
We've good plenty of banana plants here in Brazil, but it never occurred to me! Nowadays we mostly eat the heart of palm from pejibaye (pupunha in Portuguese), but some decades ago we eat some other palm tree, from deforestation. I wonder if we could substitute pejibaye with the banana plants!
@lffontenelle I would think that the taste and texture would be different. Banana stems are quite soft.
I've always been curious about how Brazilians use banana plants. I was very surprised to learn that you don't use the leaves to wrap food.
Do you eat the banana flower? We also use that to make salads here. We call it 'Urap'.
@lffontenelle I am very amazed by this fact.