New to cultivation, possibly as hardy as Musa basjoo this robust banana originates from east India and Bhutan. Hardiness has not yet been established. Having been found at 6000 feet in Darjeeling hardiness is expected to be good. Care would be as Musa basjoo. Seed was harvested in mountains of Yunan as Ensete glaucum the snow banana .
Seedlings rapidly produce offsets.
Leaves are yellow green. Collection site suggest good hardiness. Musella lasiocarpa A banana relative from Yunan. Growing to 5 feet with thick waxy blue-green leaves Musella lasiocarpa is able to grow in windier sites than most bananas. A nice clump of vase shaped trunks stained with pink grow the first year.