StrelitziaceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Strelitzia nicolai Regel & K. Koch
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- Common Name: Bird of Paradise Tree, Natal Wild Banana
- Family: Strelitziaceae (Schumann) Hutch.
- Country of Origin: South Africa
- Habitat: near the coast in forests and dunes
- Description: Resembling S. alba (solitary trunk, leaves to 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, petiole deeply wing-channelled) but much larger and treelike; inflorescence compound, bracts reddish-brown; petals light mauve or blue to nearly white, tongue boat-shaped, hastate at base, margins turned inward and meeting over the center.
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 198500315
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1115 - AFR:Eastern Cape B
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 12-15-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
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- Family: Strelitziaceae
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References:
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
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