List of hardy bananas
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Hardy bananas are any of the species of bananas (Musaceae) that are able to withstand brief periods of colder temperatures and even occasional snowfall.
- Musa basjoo - Native to Sichuan in China.[1] The roots are considered hardy to −10 °C (14 °F).[2]
- Musa itinerans - Native to Assam and is cold hardy variety of banana grown from zones 6[3]
- Musa lasiocarpa - Native to Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces in China, where it grows high in the mountains up to an altitude of 2500 m.[4][5]
- Musa sikkimensis - It is one of the highest altitude banana species[6] and is found in Bhutan and India.[7]
- Musa velutina - Native to East Himalaya to Assam and is hardy to zone 7b[8]
- Musa yunnanensis - Native to Yunnan in China. It is both shade and frost tolerant.[9]
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References[edit]
- ^ Liu, A.-Z.; Li, D.-Z.; Li, X.-W. (2002). "Taxonomic notes on wild bananas (Musa) from China". Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43: 77–81.
- ^ Wong, James (2013), "Kimonos from banana peel?" (PDF), The Garden, 138 (8): 17, archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-06, retrieved 2023-05-04
- ^ "Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis 'Mekong Giant'". plantlust.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ Musa lasiocarpa (the basionym of Ensete lasiocarpum) was originally described and published in Journal de Botanique (Morot) 3(20): 330–331, f. 1. 1889. "Name - Musa lasiocarpa Franch". Tropicos. MOBOT. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "Musella lasiocarpa".
- ^ Noltie, H.J. (1994). Musa, in Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 178-182. Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- ^ "Cold Hardy Bananas".
- ^ "Musa velutina". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Name - Musa yunnanensis Hakkinen & H.Wang subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 3, 2011.