This fruit is also known asВ the 'ice cream banana,' 'Ney Mannan banana' and 'Blue Lubin,' among others, according to the book ' Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands. They have a 'silver-green'В or 'blue-green'В color, which they get from a heavy coating of wax. Image doesn't show trueВ blue colorД«lue Java bananas are a real kind of fruit. USA TODAY reached out to the user who made the postВ for comment. When Blue Java bananas fullyВ ripen they have a creamyВ yellow color, according to businesses that sell the fruit.В While the bananas are blue-green when unripe, they areВ not the color pictured in the Facebook post.ДЇact check: Viral photo doesn't show how peanut butter is packaged in CanadaДЄs for the purported vanilla ice cream flavor, one commenter who said they'd tried a Blue Java banana wrote: 'There is a slight custard flavor so I can understand the 'vanilla' description but it's extremely subtle.' But the post paints a misleading picture of the fruit. The bananas in each photo are bright blueВ вЂ“ peels and all. 'According to experts, it is primarily grown in South East Asia and is very much popular in Hawaii.'

'This is Blue Java banana and it tastes like vanilla ice cream,'В text in the July 18 postВ says. Buzz60 The claim: An image shows Blue Java bananas thatВ tasteВ like vanilla ice creamДЄ post shared thousands of times on FacebookВ showsВ two images of bananas.В But not just any bananas.

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