Red Banana and others from Cambodia [Cambodian food]

I would like to introduce banana from Cambodia too.​ I had the idea for a long time I even made collate photo but couldn't bring myself to write about it. We actually have various species of banana available countrywide. This red one is the rare species and very expensive one. It looks like it has been in here long time ago but not very common. 

Chek Leak or Red banana from Kulen mountain

To get a better picture, I made a list of banana [Chek/ ចេក] which names in Khmer are different - but cannot find right English terms for all of them. What you can do might be use the Khmer name and surf in Google for its photos!

English Name	Khmer name
Red banana, Red Dacca, [Musa acuminata]	ចេកល័ក្ខណ៍​ Chek Leak / Red Banana / Vortex banana
Banana or Blue Java Banana? or Ice-cream banana	ចេក​ណាំវ៉ា Chek Namvaa
Banana	ចេក​អំបូង Chek Ambong
Banana	ចេក​នួន Chek Nuon
Royal banana	ចេក​ពង​មាន់  [Chek Pong Moan/ Chick egg banana (small and round like chicken egg)] Royal Banana
Banana	ចេក​ស្នាប់​មុខ [chek snanmuk]
Banana	ចេក​ជ្វា Chek Javea
Banana	ចេកបាយ Chek Bay
Banana	ចេកផេះ Chek Phes
Banana	ចេកពុំសែន Chek Pumsen
Banana	ចេកមហាត្រសោល Chek Mohatrosol
Banana	ចេកមាស Chek Meas/ Golden Banana
Banana	ចេកម្រាមដៃនាង Chek Daineang
Banana	ចេករាជសីហ៍ Chek Reachsei
Banana	ចេកកន្លាស់ Chek Kanlas
Banana	ចេកក្រចកអណ្ដើក Chek Krochok Andeiuk
Banana	ចេកឈើទាល Chek Chheurteal
Banana	ចេកលវ៉ា Chek Lova
Banana	ចេកព្រៃ Chek Prey / Forest Banana
Banana	ចេកស្នែង Chek Sneng / Horn banana
Banana	ចេកស្នែងពពែ Check Sneng Popei
Banana	ចេកទឹក Chek Teuk/ Water banana
Banana	ចេកទឹកដោះរាជសីហ៍ Chek Teukdos reachsei
Banana	ចេកអត់ត្រយូង Chek Ot troyong / Banana without flower
Banana	ចេកគ្រាប់ Chek Krob / Seed banana
Banana	ចេកកវែង Chek Korveng / long neck banana
Banana	ចេកក្រមួន Chek Kromoun / Wax banana

To be honest, I only knew 4-5 types of banana but I can briefly tell a bit about banana in the list!

• Most expensive: ចេកលក្ខណ៍ [Chek Leak] Red banana (introduced here), one bunch can cost about 5$, ចេកពងមាន់ [Chek Pong Moan/ Chick egg banana (small and round like chicken egg)] Royal Banana, one bunch costs about 3-6$/bunch depend on occasion.
• Most common: ចេកណាំវ៉ា [Chek Namva] Blue Java Banana? or ice-cream banana​ - use in everyday life with very cheap price and are easily grown everywhere in almost every house to offer to religion, use as sweet/dessert. A bunch of Ice-cream banana costs only 0.25$-1$ depending on normal day or Holy Day. 
• National fruit: ចេញពងមាន់ [Chek Pong Moan/ Chick egg banana (small and round like chicken egg)] or Royal Banana - expensive [3-6$/bunch of banana] and present in the wedding ceremony or fancy events
• Luxurious events: ចេកអំបូង [Chek Ambong] used a lot in the wedding ceremony - what special about this banana it stays green young or ripe. When it is ripe, it softens!, ចេកពងមាន់  [Chek Pong Moan/ Chick egg banana (small and round like chicken egg)]
• Rare: ចេកលក្ខណ៍​ [Chek Leak] Red banana - not widely grown, see at special area, on this site.
• Special/Others: some are only edible when boiling in the water such as chek snanmuk, some could only be eaten raw as vegetables like seed banana

Chek Anbong - Green BananaThe man brought Royal Banana to the market for the Holy DayChek Namvaa - Blue Java Banana?