Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.

 
  • Family : HELICONIACEAE
    (Heliconia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : HELICONIA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : HELICONIACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Common name : Hanging Lobster Claw, Lovster Claw, Parrot's beak
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grown as garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Often cultivated in gardens.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-May
  • Native : Peru, Ecuador
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Heliconia rostrata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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