The color of the unripe rice plantain is green, the ripe rice plantain presents a brighter yellow, and just ripe rice plantain will be with a little brown spots, the flesh color is white with tender yellow. And plantain in not ripe as well as just ripe, most cases are still with a relatively dull greenish gray, yellow, ripe after the plantain generally will not have the same tender yellow banana with brown spots look, the flesh color is generally partial milky white.
Buying plantains, do not choose for the color and beauty, the skin is intact without spots, such plantains are more inside is not yet completely astringent ripe and hard meat, eating a little astringent, plantains originally fragrance can not be completely exuded out.
Quality banana fruit skin is bright yellow or greenish yellow, comb handle complete, no lack of only and shedding phenomenon. Single plantain fruit plump, fat, color and lustre fresh, bright, smooth fruit surface, no disease spots, no insect scars, no mold, no trauma, the fruit is easy to peel, the flesh is slightly hard. With two fingers gently pinch the fruit body, elastic for the ripe moderate fruit.