1. Tapioca Banana
Tapioca bananas usually come in two types: short tapioca bananas and tall tapioca bananas. Tapioca bananas have a curved shape like a sickle. When unripe, they are dark green, and when ripe, the skin turns yellow and the flesh becomes pale yellow. Tapioca bananas are very sweet and fragrant.
Tapioca bananas, whether green or ripe, can be eaten and used for many delicious dishes.
Lady Finger Banana (Leaf Banana, Saba Banana)
Lady finger bananas, also known as leaf bananas, Saba bananas, have a sweet fragrance, a slightly sweet taste, and a slightly bitter taste. There are 2 types of lady finger bananas: white lady finger bananas and green lady finger bananas.
The lady finger bananas are large but not long.
3. Pisang Cau
Pisang Cau bananas are small, round, and chubby like a ball. When unripe, pisang cau bananas resemble plantains, so many people often mistake them for plantains.
How to differentiate pisang cau and plantains:
Pisang cau bananas have a denser fruit arrangement and are rounder.
The skin of pisang cau bananas is smoother.
Pisang cau bananas usually do not have the stem at the tip of the fruit.
Pisang cau bananas have a fragrant, mild sweetness, not as strong as plantains.
Pisang cau bananas have a high yield, so they are favored by farmers in the Central and Southern regions or mountainous areas.
4. Pisang Ngu
Pisang Ngu bananas have a shape that is very similar to that of pisang cau bananas, but the distinguishing feature is that the pisang ngu bananas still have stems when ripe, and the fruit arrangement is sparser than pisang cau bananas.
When eating pisang ngu bananas, they have a very fragrant and intensely sweet aroma. This is the type of fruit used to offer to kings in the past, which is why it is called pisang ngu.
5. Seed Banana
Seed bananas, also known as bitter bananas, have white flesh, abundant seeds, and a bitter taste. Seed bananas are usually used as a side dish with various other vegetables or soaked in alcohol.
6. Dwarf Banana
Dwarf bananas have relatively large fruits with thick skin. When ripe, the skin turns black-brown. When eaten, the flesh is slightly sticky and has a sour taste. There are 2 types of dwarf bananas: tall dwarf bananas and short dwarf bananas.
7. Baby Banana
Baby bananas are not only delicious but also very good for health, so they are loved by both children and adults.
Baby bananas have chubby fruits that are sweet and soft when ripe.
8. Pink Tapioca Banana
This type of fruit is very fragrant and delicious, without blemishes. When ripe, the skin is beautifully yellow. This type of banana is usually exported.
9. Laba Banana
This is a specialty banana of Da Lat. Laba bananas are flexible, fragrant, and have a unique sweet taste.
10. Pump Banana
Pump bananas are a high-yield banana variety. In about 4 months, a tree can produce 1 bunch of bananas. The price of this banana is quite cheap, so it is usually used to process food for livestock.
Pump bananas are commonly grown in the Southeast region.
11. Apple Banana
Apple bananas are about the size of a wrist and about 40-50cm long.
12. Fragrant Banana
Fragrant bananas are long and curved, containing multiple nutrients. When ripe, fragrant bananas are green.
13. Fire Banana
Fire bananas have a similar exterior shape to regular bananas, but they differ in color.
Fire bananas have red skin.
14. Powder Banana
Powder bananas have a very fragrant and delicious aroma when ripe.
15. Rice Banana
Rice bananas are small and round. When eaten, they have a sweet and starchy taste.
