Banana Blue Java : Blue Java banana (also known as blue banana, banana ice, Hawaiian banana, Ney Mannan, Krie or Cenizo) is a cultivar de banane quite resistant, especially to cold and known for his fruit sweet et aromatic, which would have a consistency similar to that of a ice cream and flavor recalling the vanilla.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature: The Blue Java banana is a hybrid triploid (ABB) banana seeded, balbisian muse et Acuminate muse.
Its commonly accepted botanical name is Musa acuminata × balbisiana (ABB group) 'Blue Java'. , of the family of Musaceae.
À Hawaii, it is known as the "banana à la ice cream "(banana ice cream) and Fiji, "Hawaiian banana". It is also called 'Krie' Philippines and 'Cenizo' in Central America.
Description: Blue Java bananas can reach a height of 4,5 to 6 meters (15 to 20 feet). They are cold tolerant and, like bananas of the ABB botanical group, are wind resistant due to their pseudo-rods and their systems root powerful. The leaves of the banana tree are silvery green in color.
clusters (diet) of fruits are small and bear seven to nine fruits (berries). The fruits are 18 to 23 cm (7 to 9 in) long and have a characteristic silvery blue color when not ripe. The fruit turns pale yellow to maturity, with a chair white and creamy. They flower around 15-24 months after planting and can be harvested after 115-150 days.
Uses of the Blue java banana : Blue Java bananas are popular bananas that can be eaten fresh ou cooked. They are known for their flavor perfumed who has a taste de custard similar to the vanilla and close to the ice cream. Besides, this fruit goes very well with the ice.
Blue Java bananas are also popular as ornamentals and shade plants for their unusual blue coloring, large size, and tolerance to temperate climates.
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