A beautiful Anambra girl will always know the difference. Lol.
Nice one dear
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Well written posts brother @Austinelewex
In Bangladesh there are lots of different banana such as like Sagor, Sabri, Kobri, Chini Champa, Mehersagar, Agniswar, Gerasundari, Kanthali Kola, BARI Kola-1, Atia Kola, Bichi Kola, Kacha Kola etc. In here kola (ą¦ą¦²ą¦¾) means Banana in Bangla.
Btw Thanks for your well written posts.
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Thank you Young man @SabbirShawon for your comment.
Thanks beautiful young girl @UchechukwuEnem for your reply though it is very funny 
Best regards
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Sorry for being late, dear friends (I forgot to get back)
Yes, In Kerala we have different types of Plantains & Bananas.
I understand the confusions of defining these 2 terms/names.
But, what we believe is:
Caption: Banana
The above photo shows a Banana, which is soft inside with relatively thin skin - contains around 80% water & is rich in sugar (Sweet). Usually, these varieties are not used for cooking though one of the tough variety (Monthan Kai - in the very raw state = not started ripening) is used for cooking - rest are used as ripe fruit only.
Kerala Plantain (Nenthrakai [raw] or Nenthrappazham [fruit]) is used in a variety of dishes when it is raw. Then even after it is ripe, it is used for cooking. Even powder of this fruit is used to feed the infants (after 3 months).
Plantains have more starch, are more solid (not soft inside as banana), with less sugar - the water content usually is less than 65%.
Caption: Kerala Plantain
The Kerala rural version has slightly thinner skin & are smaller in size - sweeter; the outer skin turns black if kept for a long time (over-ripe).
Regarding identifying the plant - I am a big zeroā¦
Probably I will have to take photos & send them to our @UchechukwuEnem !!!
Hope she will help usā¦ right?
Thanks, dear allā¦
@Austinelewex @TusharSuradkar @Sophia_Cambodia @MAHBUB_HYDER
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Thank you so much @TravellerG for your amazing comment. Actually the wait for your reply has been justified. Your reply has indeed done some great help in better understanding this topic.
Best regards. 
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Thank you so much for your kind feedback and responseā¦ Dear @Austinelewex .
Very happy that my response was useful,
With warm regards
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@Austinelewex I thought I was alone in this 
itās nice to know some people also have a hard time telling the difference. Quite recently Iāve come to tell the difference though, banana 
plant seems to have the elongated stem (if I should call it that?) with the purple thing at the tip. Thanks for sharing this helpful tip.
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When I was little @NkemNwobu I couldnāt tell the difference, but now, can I say I am an expert only when it is fruiting 
Thank you so much
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My colleagues in Panama told me you can tell based on the shape of the leaves and the color of the leaves midribs. One is more yellow and the other more white, but I canāt remember which is which.