Musa acuminata ‘Blue Java’ (Ice Cream Banana)

Family: Musaceae

Common Name: Blue Java Banana, Ice Cream Banana

Origin: Southeast Asia; widely grown in Hawaii and tropical regions worldwide

Description:

‘Blue Java’ is a beautiful and productive banana variety renowned for its sweet, vanilla-custard–flavored fruit and stunning ornamental appeal. The fruit develops a silvery-blue skin when young, ripening to soft yellow when mature. The medium-tall plants reach 12–15 ft (3.6–4.5 m) in height, producing broad, wind-tolerant leaves with a distinctive glaucous blue-green hue that gives the variety its name.

Highly adaptable and cold-tolerant for a dessert-type banana, ‘Blue Java’ is prized by both edible and ornamental growers. Its fruit has a smooth, creamy texture reminiscent of ice cream, making it one of the most sought-after tropical bananas for home gardens and boutique production.