In Lampung, the southern tip of Sumatra Island, people sell slightly bigger sized tanduk bananas. One banana tree may have three bunches. Their color is also brighter as compared those we see in Jakarta that mostly come from Bogor, southern satellite district of about 60 kilometers from Jakarta.
We used to see that many bananas being sold in Jakarta's marketplaces come from Lampung province. But we rarely see bananas with this bigger size. What we know about the so-called "Lampung bananas" are small ones. Perhaps, the sellers prefer to keep these bananas being sold in the province since they have most probably less stocks.
They sell average of Rp1,500 per banana, the price we find at traditional marketplace in Jakarta, which means, nevertheless, they have better quality. You can find them easily in front of the train station in Bandar Lampung, the capital of the province. They target retail buyers from among better-off people who prefer to take train --when traveling to other neighboring towns-- connecting Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra, just northern side of Lampung and Bandar Lampung, or the passengers of state-owned Damri shuttle buses connecting Bandar Lampung and Jakarta.
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