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Also known as Japanese fiber banana or Hardy banana which is native to Japan's Ryukyu Archipelago that grows to 18' tall. Bananas equates to tropical landscapes , however, this plant can even grow in locations that get snow down to Zone 5. The large cream or yellow flowers are produced during the summer, but you should not expect to eat the fruit on this species. Each small green banana is filled with black seeds and a little white pulp that made this inedible. Musa Basjoo has been cultivated for its fibers and as an ornamental plant. The fibers are used to produce textiles known as banana cloth. The pseudo-stems of the plant are beaten, bleached and dried to produce the raw material, which can then be made into products like hand-knotted carpets, tablecloths, kimonos and paper.