Strelitzia

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(Bot.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.

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Strelitzia - small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae Synonyms: genus Strelitzia

bird of paradise, family Strelitziaceae, genus Strelitzia, liliopsid genus, monocot genus, strelitzia family, Strelitzia reginae, Strelitziaceae