Finding this kind of market would be next to impossible in the United States. But this image comes from a trip to Costa Rica. One thing missing in the U.S. is the variety of bananas and plantains. We usually get the "standard" varieties of bananas, but there are a variety of kinds that are not available generally in the U.S. First of all, the distinction between "bananas" and "plantains" is artificial and was created by advertising to sell one variety of bananas. The currently accepted scientific names for most groups of cultivated bananas are Musa acuminata Colla and Musa balbisiana Colla for the ancestral species, and Musa× paradisiaca L. for the hybrid M. acuminata × M. balbisiana. See Wikipedia: Banana. Here is a link to a post on "Six Types of Bananas to Know." But I am familiar with several more. I especially like caudrados.
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