Cuban Red Banana Plant (Red Dacca) – Exotic Tropical Fruit Tree with Sweet Red Bananas

Product Overview

Grow your own exotic tropical fruit with the Cuban Red Banana Plant, also known as Red Dacca. This unique banana variety is prized for its deep red to reddish-purple skin when ripe and its sweet, creamy flavor with distinctive berry-like notes. Ideal for home gardeners and collectors, this plant combines ornamental beauty with the potential for delicious fruit harvests.

Key Features

• Produces unique red bananas with a soft, creamy texture and dessert-quality taste
• Exotic tropical fruit plant suitable for backyard gardens or container growing
• Attractive ornamental foliage adds visual interest to any garden space
• Rare and eye-catching variety that stands out among banana plants
• Carefully packaged live starter plant with healthy roots

Growing Information

• Prefers full sun exposure for optimal growth
• Requires regular watering and rich, well-draining soil
• Thrives best in USDA Zones 9–11 but can be grown in containers in cooler climates
• Not frost-hardy; protect from temperatures below 32°F (0°C) and bring indoors during winter if grown in pots
• Fast-growing plant that can reach 8–12+ feet tall under warm conditions
• Fruiting typically occurs after 12–24+ months of consistent warmth and care

Fruit & Flavor

• Skin color ranges from red to reddish-purple when ripe
• Sweeter than traditional yellow bananas with berry-like flavor notes
• Shorter and thicker fruit shape compared to Cavendish bananas
• Perfect for fresh eating, smoothies, baking, and desserts

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.