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Lush large broad green leaves 2' to 3' long and 6" to 8" wide. NativeHawaiians foster a strong belief that growing Ti plants around the home

protects and brings good luck to the home. Ti's can grow to a height of 10'but are slow growing. They prefer more shade than sun, which keeps theleaves a darker green. The leaves have many useful purposes where theleaves are used for cooking and fashioned into hula skirts for Polynesiandancers among other uses. Cut off sections of cane will sprout new plantsif planted in well drained soil and moderate water. Very lush tropical!

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Heliconia

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 Heliconia

 Heliconia latispatha inflorescences

Scientific classification

Kingdom: PlantaeDivision: Magnoliophyta

(unranked): Monocots

(unranked): Commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Heliconiaceae

Genus: Heliconia

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Species

100-200, see text

 Heliconia is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical

Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west to Indonesia. Common names for the genus

include lobster-claws, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise. The last term refers totheir close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers (Strelitzia). Collectively, these plants

are also simply referred to as heliconias.

It is the sole genus of the family Heliconiaceae, but was formerly included in the family

Musaceae. The APG system of 1998, and its successor, the APG II system of 2003,confirms the Heliconiaceae as distinct and places them in the order  Zingiberales, in the

commelinid clade of  monocots.

The leaves of these plants are 15-300 cm long, oblong, growing opposite one another onnon-woody petioles often longer than the leaf, often forming large clumps with age. Their 

flowers are produced on long, erect or drooping panicles, and consist of brightly colored

waxy bracts, with small true flowers peeping out from the bracts. The growth habit of 

heliconias is similar to Canna, Strelitzia, and bananas, to which they are related.

Parrot Heliconia, Heliconia psittacorum

Heliconias are grown for the florist's trade and as landscape plants. The flower of  H.

 psittacorum (Parrot Heliconia) is especially distinctive, its greenish-yellow flowers with

 black spots and red bracts reminding of the bright  plumage of  parrots.

Several cultivars and hybrids have been selected for garden planting, including:

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•  H. psittacorum × H. spathocircinata, both species of South America, mainly

Brazil 

•  H. × rauliniana = H. marginata (Venezuela) × H. bihai (Brazil)

•  H. chartacea cv. 'Sexy Pink'

Heliconias are an important food source for forest hummingbirds, especially the hermits (Phathornithinae), some of which – such as the Rufous-breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsuta)

 – also use the plant for nesting. The Honduran White Bat ( Ectophylla alba) also lives intents it makes from heliconia leaves.

[edit] Selected species

 Heliconia mariae inflorescence

 Heliconia pendula inflorescence

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Closeup of  Heliconia vellerigera inflorescence

 Heliconia rostrata,

in a botanicalgarden, Costa Rica

 Heliconia

wagneriana in Florida

 Heliconia sp. in

tropical rain

forest at Sierradel Escambray, 

Cuba

Scientific name

 Arachis pintoi  Krapov. & W.C. Greg.

Synonyms

 

Family/tribe

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Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae or Papilionaceae) tribe:

 Aeschynomeneae subtribe: Stylosanthinae, section

Caulorrhizae. 

Common names

pinto peanut (Australia); maní forrajero perenne, maní

perenne (Spanish); amendoim forrageiro (Portuguese);

kacang pinto (Indonesia); thua lisong tao (Thailand).

Morphological descriptionStoloniferous, perennial herb developing a strong taproot on

the older crowns and forming a dense mat of stolons. Stems

initially prostrate, becoming ascendant to 50 cm in height

depending on environment and provenance. Leaves

tetrafoliolate, with ovate leaflets up to 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm.

Flowers on short axillary racemes, standard 12-17 mm wide,

yellow. The terminal pod on the peg usually contains 1 seed,

sometimes 2, while pods formed along the peg contain only

1.  Abscission layer between seed and peg, causing

separation from plant on maturity. Seed size varies markedly

with provenance , ranging from over 9,000 seeds/kg in ATF

3270 (GRIF 7499, PI 604813) to 4,000 in ATF 495 (BRA-

012122, CIAT 18744), and averaging 7,000 in the most

common cultivar, CIAT 17434, first released as 'Amarillo' in

 Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

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South America: Brazil (Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais states).

Generally occurs under low (open) forest native vegetation.

Now grown throughout the wet tropics and subtropics, and

the upland tropics up to c. 1,400 m asl .

Uses/applications

Permanent pasture for intensive grazing systems; ground

cover in open situations and under trees; ornamental. While

mostly too low-growing for cut-and-carry, some provenancesare used for these systems. No- or limited-till systems

oversowing with ryegrass in the subtropics.

Ecology

Soil requirements

Generally found on red, sandy loam river-bottom soils of lowto moderate fertility and high aluminium saturation,

particularly in low areas, which are wet to flooded during the

wet season. In cultivation,  A. pintoi   is not restricted by soil 

texture. Successful on soils with pH (H2 O) ranging from

about 4.5-7.2, although growth reduced below pH 5.4.

Prefers moderate to high fertility but can survive in infertile

soils. Low requirement for copper, molybdenum and lime,

and moderate requirement for phosphorus and zinc. Tolerant

of high levels of manganese and aluminium. Tolerant of 

periods of  waterlogging . Low to moderate tolerance of 

salinity.

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MoistureTop

Occurs in areas receiving an annual  rainfall from about

1,500-2,000 mm. Will survive in areas with annual rainfall of 

1,000 mm or less, but grows best with over 1,500 mm/yr.

Survives dry seasons of 4 months. Tolerant of flooding, but

does not grow in permanently inundated or waterlogged

situations. Irrigation will maintain survival during dry periods

but not promote much growth.

Temperature

 

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