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lorax · 08-03-2009, 10:30 AM

I'd agree with the 'French Horn' designation, although it's what we'd call 'Platano Corona.' That's a plantain, then - it can and likely will get very very tall, and then will put out between 3 and 8 hands of long, curved fruit. These are strictly cooking bananas, both green and mature. There are a number of recipes for plantain kicking around the forum in the Banana Recipes section - I'd reccomend starting with Patacones.

CAVEAT LECTOR

It's also very similar to 'Lacatan' as a pup. If it develops a strong red pseudostem as it ages, it's not a plantain, it's red bananas.

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