APPEARANCE Rating: 
Totally cute, small, yellow banana with pale, off-white flesh.
AROMA Rating:
Strong, flowery, banana fragrance with a little bit of something bright, maybe pineapple.
TEXTURE Rating:
Soft with a cool feel. Dry!
TASTE Rating: 
Yummy combination of banana and pineapple and maybe a bit of strawberry.
OVERALL Overall Rating:
This is a diva of a banana if ever I saw one. You have to wait to eat it until the skin is black (not just a little black: BLACK) otherwise it is just “blah” with a tannic aftertaste. But, if you wait (and I mean WAIT – like three weeks well past what you think is a reasonable wait for a banana) then you will be rewarded with a tropical disco in your mouth — smooth, creamy, pineapply, strawberry, banana love. Oh and then the taste will linger and linger until eventually you think, “What is that weird flavor in my mouth? Oh – Is it STILL that banana? Good lord!” (This banana made me wait so long to eat it that I am overwhelmed with the use of ALLCAPS).
FRUIT
Banana
VARIETY
Manzano
PEAK
All Year
GROWN
Colombia
PURCHASED
Grocery Store
NOTES
Some think the banana is good for fertility (hmm), while others are so convinced that the banana is bad luck that they won’t even let their comrades wear fruit of the loom undies. These seem like a tragic confluence of the two.
WEIRD TOOLS
If you like bananas, have you seen this? That has to be the craziest and most pointless kitchen tool I’ve seen yet. I would love to hear more about the bananas you’ve tried as well as crazy kitchen tools you have or use. You can see the very short list of kitchen tools I like here.
I love your site!! And I LOVE these tiny bananas, with their tangy, apple-y flavor. They’re a thousand times better than the “normal” kind. I used to eat them all the time when I lived in Hawaii, where they actually sell these at the regular grocery store. They’re so worth the wait.
Thanks for the info on this fruit . I bought a few bundles n thought id give em a try but the have yet to get ripe so thought I’d do some research before I thought they werr rotten n pointless to buy again.
thanks for posting this! I just bought a bunch of manzanos. I ate one thinking it was ripe (it would have been by Cavendish standards) and was wondering whether they were cooking bananas. Now I know what to look forward to, I’ll be patient!
I hope y’all liked them after they ripened!
nice banana
Thanks! I got some of these and thought they were ripe, could not figure out what the heck was wrong with them. Ah well, a little time in a bag on the counter and they will be yummy!
I live in the Caribbean and I have a bunch of these trees (or weeds, whatevs) in my front yard. I never knew what they were called until I googled and eventually found this article. “Tropical disco in your mouth” – hysterical. Also, one of my plants is blooming now so come by in a few months to get some of these awesome bananas!
Hi DFG and Francie – Glad I could help! I love these little guys.
hey guys love to carry these amazing bananas could anybody please post some of the companies names that are producing these wonderful bananas. Thanks
I have a bunch of these in my home in Florida. I found that if you cut the entire vine and let them ripen upside down on the vine for a while and then pull off the bunches and let those ripen, that they retain their color and make for a better taste (less starchy) in my opinion.
Did not know it was necessary to wait until they’re black to be ripe. I decided to fry an unripened manzanos in butter. It was okay, but it still had an unusual flavor. I will wait until the rest of the bunch are black before eating them.
Do they have a black seed?
Recently I’ve been able to find Manzano bananas at Whole Foods. However the bunches often have skin cracking vertically. I heard that happens when the fruit is overripe yet the skin is not browning yet. Do you think these are ok – will they still ripen if left out? or will they be died out. Thanks!
where can I buy Manzano Bananas Seeds
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