My niece Julianna tells me her Internet research shows the world has 500 varieties, and we haven't tasted THAT many yet.
My Internet research shows there are purple and red bananas--skins at least. But I haven't found them here yet, so don't know if the flesh inside is colored.
And a Thai friend at school tells me the type protruding from my head is not the smallest. The littlest are about the size of your pinkie and are, in fact, called "Lady Fingers." I have seen those, but not tasted. Fewer are grown, so they are more rare.
