Next to this image are a figure under a plantain tree and a Shiva image (Yogishvara) seated on a lotus.

But there is a thick wall around the patio, and all you can see is the sky and a few plantain trees.

I looked up at the plantain tree and let him go on.

Now there were groves of plantain trees.

When I finally looked up, I saw a plantain tree across the road.

It wasn't the first plantain tree on the route.

Maize grew in it, also other sorts of corn, while all round was a thick belt of plantain trees.

Still a plantain tree grows yonder.

Jackfruit, coconut, palm, areca and plantain trees were also known.

The countryside here, like nearly every place outside Kigali, is aggressively cultivated: groves of plantain trees blanket the uplands; potato plants form a patchwork down below.