Originally Posted by Gabe15

banana names are a headache! all of the names you hear are correct, over here on the mainland they are called 'Brazillian', over in Hawaii they are called 'Apple' or 'Santa Catarina'. They are both correct, it just depends on where you are. To make matters worse, over here we already have an 'Apple' which is different from the Hawaiian 'Apple'. Our 'Apple' can also be called 'Manzano'.

So in Hawaii you may call what we call 'Brazillian' either 'Apple' or 'Santa Catarina', or 'Santa Catarina Ana' (probly a few other names too). And what we call 'Apple' in for example, California, would probly be called 'Manzano' in Hawaii, not 'Apple' since they already have a different 'Apple'. Over here could call 'Manzano' either that or 'Apple', since we already designate the Hawaiian 'Apple' as 'Brazillian'.