Is platano used differently in varias countries?

Question

In Panama banana or banano is used for the bananas like those commonly purchased in the U.S. Platano is used to identify the large banana used as a starchy food like a potato. Primitivos are used to identify the small sweet bananas.

Answer 1

From most of my travels, I have discouvered platano to be more often a 'plantain' which is a large not as sweet banana type fruit. Banana or Banano is more often the small sweet bananas we are used to in the 'english speaking world'. Howevery there are many places that use Platano for both..therefore i assume Banana or Banano has been introduced at some point as 'Spanglish'

Answer 2

In my entire time in Spain I´ve never seen banana, only plátano, for any type of banana at all, but I hear it´s common in Latin America.

Answer 3

It's plátano.

Answer 4

I was surprised to see la banana in a set of flashcards today. I am only a beginner but have been to supermarkets in Spain a few times and have only ever seen plátano