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Heliconia, Caete ou Bananeira do mato, eh o nome geral dado as plantas do genero Heliconia, o unico da familia Heliconiaceae (APG). Suas folhas atingem ate 3m de altura e sao perecidas com as da bananeira, uma Musaceae. Aprecia solos umidos e ricos em materia organica. Os ventos fortes podem danificar suas folhas. Multiplica-se pela divisao das touceiras, cortando-se seus rizomas. Sao plantas tropicais, originarias da America do Sul, America Central, Ilhas do Pacifico e Indonesia. /..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. It is the sole genus of family Heliconiacae, but was formerly included in the family Musaceae. Common names for the genus include lobster-claw, wild plantain and false bird-of-paradise. The last term refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers (Strelitzia)

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Heliconia, Caete ou Bananeira do mato, eh o nome geral dado as plantas do genero Heliconia, o unico da familia Heliconiaceae (APG). Suas folhas atingem ate 3m de altura e sao perecidas com as da bananeira, uma Musaceae. Aprecia solos umidos e ricos em materia organica. Os ventos fortes podem danificar suas folhas. Multiplica-se pela divisao das touceiras, cortando-se seus rizomas. Sao plantas tropicais, originarias da America do Sul, America Central, Ilhas do Pacifico e Indonesia. /..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. It is the sole genus of family Heliconiacae, but was formerly included in the family Musaceae. Common names for the genus include lobster-claw, wild plantain and false bird-of-paradise. The last term refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers (Strelitzia)