PHOENIX — Are you trying to become one of the lucky few to bring a blue java banana tree home? First things first: Yes, blue bananas are real. Yes, they actually do taste like vanilla ice cream.

This is a blue java banana tree. Yes, blue bananas DO EXIST and the best part is they taste like VANILLA ICE CREAM! Again, blue bananas. Check. Bananas that taste like vanilla. Double check.

The Blue Java tree produces bananas with a blue and green color along with a snow white flesh. The flesh is very pudding-like and can be eaten with a spoon. Many rate it as the best tasting banana.

The Blue Java banana has a distinctive “silver-green” or “blue-green” color, which it gets from a heavy coating of wax. The fruit can grow to a height of 4.5 to 6 metres (15 to 20 ft) and ...

This banana tastes like vanilla ice cream. Sounds almost too good to be true, but the Blue Java banana, also known as the ' ice cream banana,' is a real fruit that truly lives up to its name.

This is a blue java banana tree. Yes, blue bananas DO EXIST and the best part is they taste like VANILLA ICE CREAM! Again, blue bananas. Check. Bananas that taste like vanilla. Double check.

Blue java banana plants can grow up to 15 or 20 feet tall and do need space to get to full size. According to Epic Gardening, it could be between a year and two years before your blue java banana ...