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.{{cite journal|url=http://ejournal.sinica.edu.tw/bbas/content/2002/1/bot431-09.html|title=Taxonomic notes on wild bananas (Musa) from China|author=Liu, A.-Z.|author2=Li, D.-Z.|author3=Li, X.-W. |journal=Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. |year=2002|volume=43|pages=77–81 }} The roots are considered hardy to {{convert|-10|C|F}}.{{Citation |last=Wong |first=James |year=2013 |title=Kimonos from banana peel? |journal=The Garden |volume=138 |issue=8 |page=17 |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/publications/magazines/the-garden/2013-issues/august/Comment.pdf |access-date=2023-05-04 |archive-date=2018-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706050317/https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/publications/magazines/the-garden/2013-issues/august/Comment.pdf |url-status=dead }}
• Musa itinerans - Native to Assam and is cold hardy variety of banana grown from zones 6{{cite web |url=https://plantlust.com/plants/27354/musa-itinerans-var-xishuangbannaensis-mekong-giant/ |title=Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis 'Mekong Giant' |website=plantlust.com |access-date=2024-01-11}}
• 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.Musa lasiocarpa (the basionym of Ensete lasiocarpum) was originally described and published in Journal de Botanique (Morot) 3(20): 330–331, f. 1. 1889. {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/21500452 |title=Name - Musa lasiocarpa Franch. |work=Tropicos |publisher=MOBOT |accessdate=March 9, 2013}}{{cite web |title=Musella lasiocarpa |url=https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=282810&isprofile=0&}}
• 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.{{cite web |title=Cold Hardy Bananas |url=http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Cold-hardy-bananas.html}}
• Musa velutina - Native to East Himalaya to Assam and is hardy to zone 7b{{cite web |url=https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/musa-velutina/ |title=Musa velutina |website=plants.ces.ncsu.edu |access-date=2024-01-11}}
• Musa yunnanensis - Native to Yunnan in China. It is both shade and frost tolerant.  {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50320037?tab=subordinatetaxa |title=Name - Musa yunnanensis Hakkinen & H.Wang subordinate taxa |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |accessdate=June 3, 2011}}