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Originally Posted by Gabe15
'Ney Poovan' is different from 'Mysore', it is an AB, Safet Velchi subgroup banana, like 'Chini Champa'. The fruit is very good, but I cannot say anything about it's cold hardiness, I have only grown it in the tropics.
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Something named "Chini Champa" may be an AB genome plant in the Safet Velchi subgroup (though I think Safet Velchi is not actually a subgroup, and is instead a cultivar in the Ney Poovan subgroup), but most of the accessions with some spelling variant of this name in MGIS database are in the Mysore subgroup (AAB). The Chini Champa that Nanaman has posted pictures of is a Mysore subgroup banana, not an AB, Safet Velchi or Ney Poovan banana.
Also, according to MGIS, "Poovan" is a Mysore subgroup banana, but "Ney Poovan" is a Ney Poovan subgroup banana. Given that they practically have the same name, you could see how they might be mixed up. The two subgroups are pretty easy to tell apart though, Ney Poovan have practically horizontal bunches with fairly widely spaced hands and Mysore have vertical to slightly angled bunches with tightly packed hands. And Mysore have the classic pinkish-purple underside of newly emerged leaves, whereas Ney Poovan have the normal green.
It turns out that Ney Poovan subgroup bananas are nice and sweet, but with little or no acidity, whereas Mysore subgroup bananas have nice tartness to balance the sweetness.