In Spanish, what is the difference between "banano" and "platano"?

Answer 1

In some spanish spoken countries there isn't any difference, because they use both term to reference the same fruit. But in those countries that have banana and platano, there is a difference.

The word in english for Platano is Plantains.
Plaintains are grown most widely in tropical climates. Att first sight, many people confuse them with bananas. Although they look a lot like green bananas and are a close relative, plantains are quite different. They are starchy rather than sweet and although officially classified a fruitare they are used as a vegetable (they must be cooked to be palatable) in many cuisine's especially those of Latin America and Africa.
They are longer and have thicker skins than bananas. This vegetable can be eaten and tastes different at every stage of development. The interior color of the fruit will remain creamy, yellowish or lightly pink. When the peel is green to yellow, the flavor of the flesh is bland and its texture is starchy. As the peel changes to brown or black, it has a sweeter flavor and more of a banana aroma, but still keeps a firm shape when cooked.

Bananas (banano o cambur) are closely related to plantains. They are grown most widely in tropical climates. The term banana is applied to both the plant and its elongated fruit. The banana fruit is soft and sweet (contrast with the plantain that is starchy). The flesh, ivory-white to yellow or salmon-yellow, may be firm, astringent, even gummy with latex, when unripe, turning tender and slippery, or soft and mellow or rather dry and mealy or starchy when ripe. The flavor may be mild and sweet or subacid with a distinct apple tone.
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose - combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy., so "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

Answer 2

Platano Banana

Answer 3

A Banana, not banano, is a regular yellow banana...a platano is a variety of banana or a plantain that can be green, brown or black depending on the variety...SOME black or brown plantains can be eaten raw, but not the green plantain. It is very bitter and must be cooked first, there is also another word Platano Crudo that for some Cubans also means malanga, which is NOT even a banana or plantain. This is a root similar to Yuca root, and must be boiled to be eaten...

Answer 4

I`m not sure this can help but, in Portuguese (which is similar to Spanish), a banana is, like in English, a banana. A platano is a kind of a tree

Answer 5

Actually there's no difference on the meaning, both refer to the yellow large fruit.

It depends on the "nationality" talking...

For those from South Latin America (Brasil, Uruguay, Argentina, etc.) it's BANANA (with A)

For thos from North Latin America (Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, etc.) it's PLATANO

it's the same thing with two different words - when using it depends where you are.

Answer 6

one is a banana, the other is a plantain. There's a difference. You cannot eat plantains raw - they must be cooked.

Answer 7

i think it is the same