This fruit is not really blue Many photos of blue java on the. They are known for their fragrant flavour which has a vanilla-like custard taste. We are growing a small amount on our 7.5 acre farm along with many other fruit trees. They bloom around 15 to 24 months after planting and can be harvested after 115 to 150 days.īlue Java bananas are popular bananas that can be eaten fresh or cooked.

The fruit turn a pale yellow when ripe, with white creamy flesh. The fruit are 18 to 23 centimetres (7 to 9 in) in length and exhibit a characteristic silvery blue color when unripe.

The fruit bunches are small, bearing seven to nine hands. The Blue Java is a hardy, cold-tolerant banana cultivar known for its sweet aromatic fruit, which is said to have an ice cream-like consistency and flavor. They are cold-tolerant and are wind-resistant because of their strong pseudostems and root systems. Unlike most tropical fruit trees, the Blue Java banana plant can withstand temperatures as low as 20F (-6C), meaning that they will thrive in USDA plant hardiness zones 8-10 (like most of California, parts of the Pacific Northwest and across the South). It is also called 'Krie' in the Philippines and 'Cenizo' in Central America.īlue Java bananas can grow to a height of 4.5 to 6 metres (15 to 20 ft). In Hawaii it is known as the 'Ice Cream banana' and in Fiji as the 'Hawaiian banana'. Musa acuminata × balbisiana (ABB Group) 'Ice Cream' The Ice Cream banana is also known as Blue Java in many parts of the world because of the color of the fruits skin.Its accepted name is Musa acuminata × balbisiana (ABB Group) 'Blue Java'. Also known as The Blue Java, the Ice Cream Banana tree is a hardy, cold-tolerant banana tree known for its sweet fruit, which has a vanilla-like custard. The Blue Java banana is a triploid ( ABB) hybrid of the seeded banana Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata.

Blue java banana tree