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Okay, had to go back and investigate the ele ele and this is what I found. It has green skin that ripens to yellow and has an orange flesh. Here is a large part of the description that I had found:

ELE ELE
SEE Seychelles Plantian (009)
Hawaiian Black (004), Black Hawaiian, Seychelles Plantain (009)

DESCRIPTION:
A Hawaiian cooking variety that is known for its very dark pseudostem. [i]t gets a purplish hue, especially in more acid volcanic type soil. Full sized fruit. (011) (004) (010)Outstanding Hawaiian variety with a blackish purple cast to it's leaf sheaths, petioles and midrib. Tall variety ... producing large bunches of delicious orange fleshed fruits. Very sturdy withstanding well to winds. Excellent for cooking or eating (061)A distinctive Hawaiian variety giving to its almost black leaf sheathes, petioles, and midribs. The latter two used in weaving hats and other articles. The plants ... produce large bunches of orange fleshed cooking bananas of good flavor. (007)Has the distinction of being larger in girth than any banana. Fruit of this clone is best eaten cooked. Average hardiness, attractive brown to black coloration. (009)The Hawaiian translation of dark colored, black, blackish is ele ele. Prior to the abolition of the kapu system where many facets of life were kapu or forbidden to the commoner, the royalty enjoyed uniquely different fruits and vegetables. This is one of many plants that were reserved solely for royalty. This unusually colorful plantain type [is] quite strong and able to withstand moderate winds. Displays blackish petioles, midribs and leaf sheaths. Leaves are green and pseudostem is of a dark brown/blackish coloring. Fruits are green that ripen to a yellow color and are delicious. Keikis (young growing plants [or pups]). (031)The plant grows quite tall. The stem is sturdy and the overall appearance of the plant is that the entire pseudostem is dark brown or black. The leaves are green. The fruit is between a plantain and a banana and the flavor is delicious. This plant is a vigorous grower and stands up well to wind. (032)[A]ccording to legend a sacred plant of [Hawaii's] royalty - commoners were forbidden to grow it! A big colorful banana with great tasting fruit, usually cooked. But it is only of "average cold hardiness" (i.e., not so good), so probably only good for such use in Southern California or very frost free, warm areas of Nothern California. Its best use in all areas is probably as a substantial, striking, semideciduous ornamental landscape specimen, due to its impressive height, dark burgundy to maroon black leaf undersides, and similarly marked trunks, which have the greatest girth of any edible banana known. (079)Hawaiian variety with almost black sheathes, petioles, and midribs large bunches of orange fleshed cooking bananas (063)The trunk and leaf petioles of this Polynesian variety are very dark brown to black in color. Its delicious pulp is an orange color and it is usually cooked before being eaten. (105)Hawaiian variety