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Originally Posted by JoeReal
The Apple Banana, is also known as La Tundan or Latondan, unless there are other synonyms, and it has been growing in the Philippines far earlier than the US. It could have a Malayan origin, as one of the major settlers of the Philippines came from Malaysia. It must have been brought into Florida by Spaniards, just my speculation.
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True, 1st making port in the Caribbean in 1529.
As Gabe has pointed out, the Banana name game becomes even more fun when the name travels without the banana. For example, researchers at Tamil Nadu have found that what is called Apple Banana in India is actually regular Mysore, while investigators in Cameroon have determined what is commonly called Apple Banana in Africa is synonymous with Manzano.
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