A post shared thousands of times on Facebook shows two images of bananas. But not just any bananas. "This is Blue Java banana and it tastes like vanilla ice cream," text in the July 18 post says.

This rare banana variant tastes like ice cream! Yes, you read it right, the Blue Java banana hails from Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and the Philippines. This unique banana variant is not ...

Tham Khai Meng, the former Global Chief Creative Officer at Ogilvy, mentioned on his Twitter handle, "How come nobody ever told me to plant Blue Java Bananas ...

Blue java bananas, sometimes also called ice cream bananas because their texture reminds some people of vanilla ice cream, are a creamy banana variety you might not have tried before. The blue java ...