While most people in the West are familiar with the traditional yellow banana, the fact of the matter is that their red-skinned cousins actually offer you a bigger variety of health benefits. Red bananas – also called Red Spanish or Cuban bananas, Colorado bananas or Lal kela – are native to India and Southeast Asia, but are now also grown in Australia, New Zealand and many places in the Pacific Islands. However, they are growing more popular in the West as people discover just how healthy they are.