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Tog Tan · 04-05-2009, 10:48 AM

Hi Felix, here's my two bit on the red vs green-red cultivars. I have the normal reds which is known as the Pisang Raja Udang here. It's called Cuban Red over the States and Kluay Nark in Thailand. I suppose the Dwarf is the smaller form of the Cuban Red.

Initially we had only the red form but after a couple of generations down (at least 3 ) we get a green mutation coming out of the original corm. Then it does not revert to red. Instead of the maroon fruits, we get green fruits which ripen to a bright yellow. The maroon fruit ripens to an orange color.

I hope this helps. Basically it's the same plant in mutation.

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