While the flesh of this banana is similar to other bananas in its pale yellow colour, the smooth texture has a taste that will surprise any sweet tooth with its vanilla flavours. There is more to this fruit than simply its blue peel and its resistance to cold. It can grow in temperatures as low as -7☌! The delicious vanilla taste of the “ice cream banana” While the classic banana varieties that we know such as the Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata need heat and are grown in tropical places, the Blue Java is more resistant. These bananas grow in humid and sunny places in Asia like Fiji, the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The blue banana, a treasure from Asia and Oceania While blue isn’t a colour that shows up often in nature, several blue fruits and plants exist, tantalising the palates of foodies everywhere. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories.Appearances can be deceiving: the Blue Java, more commonly called the “blue banana,” is a natural fruit, despite what you might think based on its lovely bubble-gum-blue colour. This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Would you try growing a blue java banana plant? These blue java ice cream bananas, though, would be great in desserts and smoothies. 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.
BLUE JAVA BANANAS FULL
“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.
BLUE JAVA BANANAS SKIN
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.
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