Under the Plantain's Shade; and all the Day
With amorous Airs my Fancy entertain."
Waller, Battle of the Summer Islands.
c. 1660.—
"The Plant (at Brasil Bacone call'd) the Name
Of the Eastern Plane-tree takes, but not the same:
Bears leaves so large, one single Leaf can shade
The Swain that is beneath her Covert laid;
Under whose verdant Leaves fair Apples grow,
Sometimes two Hundred on a single Bough...."