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Heliconia aurea
About
Heliconia bihai of the family Heliconiaceae is an erect herb typically growing taller than 1.5 m. It is native to northern South America and the West Indies. It is especially common in northern Brazil and the Guianas but also found in Hispaniola, Jamaica, the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Venezuela and Colombia. Other names by which the plant is commonly known include balisier and macawflower.
- Family
- Heliconiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Heliconia aurea
- Slug
- heliconia-aurea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Heliconiaceae
- Genus
- Heliconia
- Species
- aurea
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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