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Heliconia fruit

Heliconia sp

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Description:

With a large pendula inflorescence this is a little fruit into the bract...normally birds eat them..

Habitat:

Rainforest

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Comments (3)
Jonathan Sequeira
Great comment Jason You are right I have taste several kinds most of them are not tasty...
Jason Alexander
Maybe birds can eat them.. But not for me, I had tasted it and that was too fragrant for me :D .. But you can suck the sweet nectar from the flower, especially in H. rostrata..
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PublishedNovember 17, 2013

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