Wild Plantain (Heliconia vaginalis)
Description
Heliconia vaginalis is a species ofthe Helikonia family (Heliconiaceae). It is distributed from Costa Rica to Heliconia vaginalis is a slender to clumpy, evergreen, perennial, herbaceous plant , vegetatively similar to a ginger or canna plant and with a stature of 2 to 5 meters. Each sprout has eight to ten leaves . The longest leaf per sprout is up to 90 centimeters long and 17 centimeters wide
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Zingiberales
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Family: Heliconiaceae
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Genus: Heliconia
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