Papua New Guinean Jelly Banana - Could be a tricky one...
I'm hoping that someone here will be able to give me a latin name for a species of banana which I ate in the jungle of Papua New Guinea. It is decidedly stout and chubby-looking from the outside, and has an incredible jelly-like texture on the inside. They taste absolutely phenomenal. Nearly everyone on the team I was with has become pretty obsessed with them. It blows my mind that I've never seen them anywhere else, because they're just incredible.
I've included a picture of a small bunch (the big fat-looking ones above the other smaller bananas) and a close-up. Of course, even if someone can identify the species, it doesn't mean I'll be able to find it anywhere... but it'd be a start at least!
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