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Heliconia psittacorum
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Heliconia psittacorum is a perennial herb native to the Caribbean and South America. It is considered native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. It is reportedly naturalized in Gambia, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles. It is often cultivated as a tropical ornamental plant in regions outside its native range.
- Family
- Heliconiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Heliconia psittacorum
- Slug
- heliconia-psittacorum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Heliconiaceae
- Genus
- Heliconia
- Species
- psittacorum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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