Banana

Blue Java

Silvery blue unripe fruit turning yellow when ripe; soft sweet ice-cream texture on a very vigorous ABB plant.

Bonanza - FHIA-18

AAAB Honduran hybrid marketed in Australia as Bananza; recommended for NZ subtropical to cool temperate conditions.

Cavendish

Medium AAA cavendish to about 3 m with large bunches of sweet dense high-quality fruit in NZ conditions.

Cavendish Dwarf

Short chunky AAA cavendish around 2 m outdoors, suited to hothouse or large container culture.

Ducasse - Pisang Awak

Hardy vigorous ABB banana with tightly packed small fruits and good cool tolerance under NZ conditions.

Dwarf Orinoco

Sturdy ABB cooking banana to 2-3 m with large angular fruit eaten green cooked or fully ripe.

Goldfinger - FHIA-01

AAAB Honduran hybrid with sweet tangy curved fruit, black stems and broad wavy leaves.

Grande Naine Israel

Stocky productive AAA cavendish selection developed for Israeli commercial plantations with larger fruit.

Hamoa

Reliable AAB dessert banana, similar to Misi Luki but distinct, with thin skin, sweet flavour and soft texture.

High Noon - SH-3640

FHIA-linked AAAB dessert banana, hardy and robust with fruiting bunches held at an angle to the pseudostem.

Hopa Samoa

Tall fast-growing Polynesian hybrid whose fruit can be cooked green or eaten ripe with sweet soft flesh.

Hopa Tonga

Tall fast-growing Polynesian hybrid whose fruit can be cooked green or eaten ripe with sweet soft flesh.

Improved Ladyfinger - Pacha Nadan

Reliable AAB lady finger for cooler climates with large bunches and piquant sweet small fruit.

Lady Finger

Gisborne-sourced lady finger type, tall and productive with small to medium tasty fruit.

Lakatan

Philippine dessert banana with aromatic orange-fleshed fruit, suited to warm frost-free NZ gardens.

Misi Luki

Common NZ lady finger type with huge bunches of medium fat fruit and sweet creamy flesh when fully ripe.

Mona Lisa - FHIA-02

AAAA dessert Honduran hybrid with partially red pseudostems and tangy sweet fruit.

Mysore

Vigorous subtropical AAB dessert banana with black pseudostem markings and short plump sweet-acid fruit.

Pome - Australian Lady Finger

Tall sturdy AAB lady finger / Brazilian type with sweet subacid small fruit and pinched fruit ends.

Rajapuri

Indian lady finger type to around 2.4 m with small very sweet tangy fruit; also suited to hothouse growing.