Previous                 Philately Goes Bananas                 Next Timor The most remote of British Overseas Territories and the only one in the Pacific, Pitcairn Islands does not have any commercial banana production but Country Reports notes, "The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans." In the Pitkern language (a mixture of English dialects and Tahitian), green bananas are known as plun, believed to be a corruption of "plantain." Date of Issue: December 7, 2016 Series: Languages of Pitcairn Islands Sources "Green Bananas (Plun)." Discover Norfolk. 2023. Web. 12 July 2024.      www.norfolkisland.net/green-bananas-plun/. "Pitcairn Islands." Country Reports. 1997-2024. Web. 12 July 2024.      www.countryreports.org/country/PitcairnIslands/economy.htm. "Pitcairn Islands." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. 11 jul. 2024. Web. 12 July 2024.      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands. "Pitkern." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. 18 May 2024. Web. 12 July 2024.      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitkern. Previous                                                Next Return to the Banana Stamps from Around the World Index Page.