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Strelitzia augusta

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Identification
Strelitzia augusta Thunb. [family STRELITZIACEAE ]
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Entry for STRELITZIA augusta Thunb. [family STRELITZIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 3, page 3, (1913) Author: (By C. H. WRIGHT.)
Names
STRELITZIA augusta Thunb. [family STRELITZIACEAE], Nov. Gen. Pl. 113;—Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 216; Bauer, Strelitzia, tt. 1–4; Drège, Zwei Pfl. Doc. 125, 156; Bot. Mag. tt. 4167–8; Lemaire in Ill. Hort. x. (1863), Misc. 24; Baker in Ann. Bot. vii. 202; K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Musac. 33; Burtt-Davy in Transv. Agric. Journ. v. 418, 422.
STRELITZIA gigantea Kerner [family STRELITZIACEAE], Hort. Semperv. t. 589.
STRELITZIA angusta D. Dietr. [family STRELITZIACEAE], Syn. Pl. i. 850.
Heliconia alba Linn. f. [family HELICONIACEAE], Suppl. 157.
Information
stem simple up to 18 ft. high, as thick as a man's arm (Thunberg); leaves oblong or ovate, obtuse, deltoid or rounded at the base, glabrous, shining green, 3–4 ft. long, 1 1/2–2 ft. wide; petiole 5–6 ft. long; peduncle shorter than the petiole; spathe claret-coloured, 8–12 in. long; sepals lanceolate, white, 5–6 in. long; petals white, 2 lower with blades 3 in. long and small rounded auricles, basal part 1 1/2 in. long, tapering upwards; upper petal ovate, 1 in. long; filaments 1 1/2 in. long; anthers 3 in. long; style-arms 1 1/2–2 in. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION George Div.; Outeniqua Mountains, Thunberg. Knysna Div.; Bosch River, in a wood, under 500 ft., Drège! Humansdorp Div.; Gamtoos River, Thunberg.EASTERN REGION Natal; between Umzimkulu River and Umkomanzi River, under 500 ft., Drège; near Durban, Cooper, 1225!
Notes
Boer name “ Witte Pisang .”

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