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.^[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]
• 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.^[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]

See also

• List of hardy gingers
• List of hardy passionflowers
• List of cold hardy palms