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Originally Posted by shopgirl2
The Monte Cristo banana turns totally red (redish) when ready, not green.
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Originally Posted by lorax
Might be similar to the red cultivars from Monticristi here in Ec - I can ask next time I'm there buying hats.
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The following previously posted publication lists the "Hamakua" in Hawaii, as equivalent to Philippine
Bungulan and
Monte Cristo internationally:
BananaSynonymsHawaii.pdf
Another source, search (Control F) Monte Cristo or Bungulan:
Sorting Musa names.html
From Encanto Farms:
"Bungulan fruit is round, very sweet, seedless and easily rots; has thick peel that is green when unripe and remains green when ripe; flesh is white when ripe; gestation period is 12 months. (067) {EDIT} Bungulan (Phi); Pisang Ambon Lumut (Ind, Mal); Kluai Hom Kiau (Tha) (141)"
That description is exactly of the Bungulan we had in the backyard of our last home we stayed in, in the Philippines. "Easily rots" as noted above means that their shelf life is short. The quality that makes it attractive is its sweetness.