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 -10 C.
 * Musa itinerans - Native to Assam and is cold hardy variety of banana grown from zones 6
 * 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 sikkimensis - It is one of the highest altitude banana species 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.