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The old scientific name for this hybrid, Musa sapientum, is no longer used. The scientific names of most cultivated bananas are Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, and Musa × paradisiaca for the hybrid Musa acuminata × M. balbisiana, depending on their genomic constitution. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from two wild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. One variety called “blue ice cream” actually tastes like ice cream! Bananas grown at home and picked fresh are far superior to anything found in the grocery store, as is often the case with tropical fruits. These blue java ice cream bananas, though, would be great in desserts and smoothies.The banana is an edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called 'plantains', distinguishing them from dessert bananas. Plantains have a blander, starchier taste.

While blue java bananas and apple bananas are closer to the size of plantains, they are not comparable in taste. While I haven’t had blue javas before, apple bananas satisfy my sweet tooth and are much more tangy-sweet than most bananas you’d find in a grocery store. I’m from Hawaii, and one of the best bananas I’ve ever had that is also very common here is a sweet-tart flavored “apple banana.” Some have said blue java bananas taste similar to apple bananas.

According to Epic Gardening, it could be between a year and two years before your blue java banana plant actually produces fruit.

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“They can tolerate a few dry months but if rain doesn’t fall in decent amounts for more than three months where you live, they will need some added irrigation.”īlue java banana plants can grow up to 15 or 20 feet tall and do need space to get to full size. “Like most other bananas, they grow best in continuously moist but not wet soils,” wrote the Hawaii Horticulture blog. One commenter on Weird Explorer’s blue java banana video wrote that she’s successfully grown the variety inside in Oregon and been experimenting with growing it outdoors in mulched ground. growing zones 8-11 may find they can grow blue javas well. So even if you don’t live in Hawaii or Florida, you might have luck growing your own plant in non-tropical zones if you can find a starter and give it some help. This ice cream banana also does well in slightly colder climates than many banana varieties. Rydelek doesn’t think the banana tastes like ice cream but does find it “delicious.” He says the texture of the banana is soft, dense, and creamy, but tastes more like berries to him. Weird Explorer has a great video explainer of Blue Java bananas from reviewer Jared Rydelek. The variety comes from Southeast Asia originally and is a cross between the Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminate banana species, reflected in its Latin name: Musa acuminata × balbisiana.

Turns yellow when ripe /KDGlDFrdNIīlue java bananas are also known as the Ney Mannan, Krie, Cenizo or Hawaiian banana, depending on where you are (though they’re not called this in Hawaii, ironically). The unripe blue Java banana is blue and green. You can see both a photoshopped version (on top) and the real blue-green hue of the fruit when unripe (bottom) in a tweet from Rustling Trees organic grocery store. Part of the bluish tinge comes from the waxy and protective coating on the banana’s skin.

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They don’t have a bright blue skin and light blue flesh - the real blue java varietal is a deep green with a blue-silver undertone when unripened and turns yellow when ready to eat. The blue java variety isn’t as blue as some manipulated images that have made the rounds on social media might make it out to be. Blue java bananas, sometimes also called ice cream bananas because their texture reminds some people of vanilla ice cream, are a creamy banana variety you might not have tried before.