Wild Flowering Plants

Heliconiaceae
Heliconia caribaea   Lam.
Balizyé
Caribbean.
Very common robust herb of rainforest and in shady wet spots around the forest edge.
This species differs from Heliconia bihai in having overlapping deep floral bracts and a powdery white substance on leaves and stems. However hybrids exist.
also cultivated hybrids
also cultivated
local medicinal uses
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