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rick2001
08-03-2010, 06:02 AM
Hi , I need your help......

I've been offered a musa "Topochos" from Canaries, but I cannot find any useful info about it ....
The seller says is an edible banana plant, but from the few infos I've found it look like a platain (so the fruit must be cooked) rather than a dessert banana plant, can you confirm ?

Could you please show me any pic of it ?

Thanks in advance

Jack Daw
08-03-2010, 06:13 AM
Yeah, it totally sounds like a Spanish/Mexican dish, so the best bet is that its some local name for otherwise well-known variety(search wiki for cooking bananas) or it is some local variety closely derived from something else.
Any and all info about cooking varieties can be found here:

Search results - Bananas Wiki (http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=cooking&go=Go)

Those are the most commonly cultivated varieties.

rick2001
08-03-2010, 06:18 AM
You must be right..... it sounds like a spanish local name for a different cultivar..... muck like "gran enana" for "Gran Nain" or "comune di Sicilia" for "Orinoco.... maybe"

I'd like to know if anyone has more infos about it and what cultivar is......

mbfirey
08-03-2010, 06:42 AM
Found a site that said this:
"The Fehi banana of Hawaii and Polynesia is a starchy, sometimes seedy banana with an orange or copper-colored skin that is good boiled or roasted. The popular cooking plantain is also called the Chato, Curdrado or Topocho. The commercial cultivars are the Pelipita and the Saba, which is popular in Asia"

Here's a link to the rest:
The Best Banana Plants | Garden Guides (http://www.gardenguides.com/88709-banana-plants.html)

rick2001
08-03-2010, 06:59 AM
Found a site that said this:


Here's a link to the rest:
The Best Banana Plants | Garden Guides (http://www.gardenguides.com/88709-banana-plants.html)


Thank you very much!