Bananito
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| Left to right: Plantains, red bananas, bananitos, Cavendish bananas. | |
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| Species: | M. acuminata
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| Musa acuminata Colla 1820
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Musa acuminata, the Bananito, also known as apple bananas, manzana bananas, ladyfinger bananas or stubby bananas is a species of the genus Musa native to northern Australia. It gives a fruit that resembles a short fat banana. The fruit has a sweeter and more apple-like taste than the more common dessert banana. When they are ripe the peel is much more black than the common banana, sometimes completely black.
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