30. Green gold: not from here, and not what you think
From Stories of La Palma · 00:17:27
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The plant is Asian, the variety was brought by an Englishman in the 19th century, and plátano and banana are the same fruit. It is sweeter because it grows more slowly — and that is measured in an official specification. The full story, with sources: https://lapalmago.com/en/historias/platano-de-canarias/
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