Banana Cultivars That May Be Available

Selected banana cultivars that may be available in south Florida

From the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida

Table 1

Species	Subgroup	Ploidy Level	Group	Selected cultivars and synonyms⁴	T¹	Pan. Susc.²	Recom. Use³
M. acuminata	---	Diploid	AA	Nino, Lady's Finger⁵, Sucrier⁵, Honey⁵, Datil⁵, Bocadillo⁵, Pisang mas⁵	P	R	N
	---	Triploid	AAA	Gros Michel, Pisang ambon⁵, Guineo gigante⁵, Banano⁵, Platano roatan⁵	P	S	N
	Cavendish		AAA	Dwarf Cavendish, Dwarf Chinese⁵, Pisang serendah⁵, Governor⁵, Enano⁵, Johnson⁵	F	R	H, C
	Cavendish		AAA	Dwarf Red, Green Red	F	R	H, C
	Cavendish		AAA	Giant Cavendish, Giant Chinese, Mons mari, Williams, Williams Hybrid⁵, Pisang buai, Robusta, Valery, Porto Rique	F-G	R	H, C?
	Cavendish		AAA	Grand Nain, Umalog	F	R	H, C
	Cavendish		AAA	Red, Cuban Red⁵, Red Jamaican⁵	F	R	H, C
	Cavendish		AAA	Lacatan, Pisang masak hijau⁵, Monte Cristo⁵, Giant Fig⁵	F	R	H
¹ Cold tolerance temperature rating: G, good cold tolerance; F, fair cold tolerance; P, poor cold tolerance; ?, not known. ² Panama disease (race 1 and 2) rating for south Florida: R, resistant; S, susceptible—recommend planting only in Panama disease-free soil with disease-free material. ³ Recommended use: H, home landscape; C, commercial; C?, may have commercial possibilities for Florida; N, not recommended. ⁴ Common name used locally is underlined. ⁵ Another common name for the highlighted cultivar name preceding it. ⁶ Cooking banana.

Table 2

Species	Subgroup	Ploidy Level	Group	Selected cultivars and synonyms⁴	T¹	Pan. Susc.²	Recom. Use³
M. acuminata x balbisiana hybrids	---	Diploid	AB	Ney poovan, Ladys Finger⁵, Apple⁵, Farine France⁵	?	R	H
	---	Triploid	AAB	Pisang raja, Grindy⁵	F	R	H
	---		AAB	Mysore, Pisang keling⁵, Poovan⁵, Thousand Grain⁵	G	R	H
	---		AAB	s	F	S	H, C
	---		AAB	Ladys Finger, Pome⁵, Pisang kelat jambi⁵, Brazilian⁵, Prata⁵	G	S	H
	---		AAB	Hua moa⁶, Hawaiano⁵	P	S	H
	Plantain/ French Types		AAB	Green French, Banane creole⁵, Pink French, Wine, Banae rouge⁵, Black French, Banae noire⁵, Tiger, Banae Puce⁵, Giant, Banae cent livres⁵	F-P	R	H
	Plantain/ Horn Types		AAB	Horse plantain, Banane corne, Dominico Gigante, Pisang tandok, Common plantain	P	R	H
			ABB	Bluggoe⁶, Burro⁵, Chato⁵, Moko⁵, Orinoco⁵, Horse banana⁵	F-G	S	H, C?
			ABB	Pisang awak⁶, Kluai nam wa⁵, Pisang abukeling⁶, Largo⁶, ApplePlantain⁶, Ice cream⁶, Blue java⁵	F-G	S	H
			ABB	Pelipita⁶, Saba⁶, Cardaba⁶	?	R	H
	New varieties	Tetraploids	AABB	FHIA-01 ('Goldfinger')	G	R	H, C
	---			FHIA-02 ('Mona Lisa')	G	R	H, C
	---			FHIA-03	G	R	H, C
	---			FHIA-17	G	R	H, C
	---			FHIA-21	G	R	H, C
¹ Cold tolerance temperature rating: G, good cold tolerance; F, fair cold tolerance; P, poor cold tolerance; ?, not known. ² Panama disease (race 1 and 2) rating for south Florida: R, resistant; S, susceptible—recommend planting only in Panama disease-free soil with disease-free material. ³ Recommended use: H, home landscape; C, commercial; C?, may have commercial possibilities for Florida; N, not recommended. ⁴ Common name used locally is underlined. ⁵ Another common name for the highlighted cultivar name preceding it. ⁶ Cooking banana.

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Bibliography

Crane, Johathan H. and Carlos F. Balerdi. "Bananas Growing in the Home Landscape." edis.ifas.ufl.edu. This document is HS-10, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date Oct. 1972 as FC-10. Revised Jan. 1998, Dec. 2005, Oct. 2008, and Nov. 2016. Web. 24 Mar. 2017.

Published 29 Jan. 2014 LR. Last update 24 Mar. 2017 LR