Re: Are Jamaican Red and Tall Red the same?
This is why common names are not very good to base ID on, they don't really have any weight. There are lots of other names for these bananas (and almost any other banana) too, so the ID really comes from seeing the plant, and then figuring out what are the most popular names for that plant, and trying to keep all of the synonyms in line. At some point in the nearish future, standardized culitvar names for international use will be attempted to be implemented, but it is a very difficult thing to do as they are so many plants which are very similar but have slight mutations which make htem unique and so it helps to have those other names sometimes.
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Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.
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