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mackaru
01-05-2009, 02:17 PM
Hi
I would be very great full if some one kan get me any info or what this cooking bana is called other than platano or plantain and were i could buy a plant or tissue culter of this type thats on the pics
http://culture.chiamaka.com/images/plantainsripeunripe2.jpg
http://mightyminnow.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/i-plantain.jpg
http://images.craveonline.com/article_imgs/Image/plantains.jpg

island cassie
01-06-2009, 11:27 PM
Sorry Mackaru - I can't help you with these - but can you get a pup or small plant locally?

Chironex
01-06-2009, 11:29 PM
Clueless without seeing pstem, leaves and a flower. So many fruits look the same that it is nearly impossible to say for certain.
Good luck!

lorax
01-06-2009, 11:31 PM
It looks like ye olde garden variety Latin American Plantain; I believe the cultivar is called Musa 'Super Plantain'

Chironex
01-06-2009, 11:45 PM
Sounds good, let's go with that.

mackaru
01-07-2009, 06:13 AM
It looks like ye olde garden variety Latin American Plantain; I believe the cultivar is called Musa 'Super Plantain'
thanks..it does not have to be exactly the type on the pics as long as it tastes like the one they sell called platanos.were could i buy tissue culters of a few types simmilar to the one on the pic?

lorax
01-07-2009, 10:13 AM
No clue. I only ever deal with pups, and then only on the contients of the Western Hemisphere. However, it is the most common plantain out there.