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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Strelilzia reginae - Banks ex Aiton
Family
Strelitziaceae
Common Name
Crane Flower, Bird of Paradise
Habit
Herb
Synonym
Strelitzia regalis salisb.
Habitat
Along riverbanks
Color Of Flower
orange
Key Characters
Plants with pseudostems;flowers pedicellate;fruits fleshy,indehiscent, seeds non arillate
Systematic Position
Division :
Monocotyledonae
 
Class :
Epigynae
 
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Plant Description

Evergreen, acaulscent, tufted perennial herb; roots are fleshy and finger like; leaves are opposite and arranged fan like in one plane; inflorescence consisted of 4-6 flowers that emerge in succession in a boat shaped spathe, producing a mucilaginous substance when in bloom, consisted of three brilliant orange sepals and three purplish blue-petals, two of the blue petals are joined together to form an arrow like nectary; fruit hard woody capsule that splits from the apex; seed black with a yellow aril, rounded.

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