List of hardy bananas

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. The roots are considered hardy to . Musa itinerans – Native to Assam and is cold hardy variety of banana grown from zones 6 Musella lasiocarpa – Native to Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces in China, where it grows high in the mountains up to an altitude of 2500 m.Musa lasiocarpa (the basionym of Ensete lasiocarpum) was originally described and published in Journal de Botanique (Morot) 3(20): 330–331, f. 1. 1889. Musa sikkimensis – It is one of the highest altitude banana speciesNoltie, H.J. (1994). Musa, in Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 178-182. Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and is found in Bhutan and India. Musa velutina – Native to East Himalaya to Assam and is hardy to zone 7b Musa yunnanensis – Native to Yunnan in China. It is both shade and frost tolerant.

See also List of hardy gingers List of hardy passionflowers List of cold hardy palms

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