Strelitziaceae
White-flowered wild banana
Strelitzia alba
- Family
- Strelitziaceae
- Genus
- Strelitzia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Kaap witwildepiesang, Kaapse wildepiesang
- Arabic
- عصفور الجنة الأبيض
- arz
- عصفور الجنة الابيض
- Bulgarian
- Бяла стрелиция
- Chinese
- 白花鹤望兰, 白花鹤望蘭, 扇芭蕉
- English
- White-flowered wild banana
- German
- Weiße Strelitzie
- Latvian
- Baltā strelīcija
- Russian
- Стрелитция белая
- Swedish
- Jättepapegojblomma
- Ukrainian
- Стрелітція велична
Synonyms
- Heliconia alba L.f.
- Heliconia augusta Salisb.
- Strelitzia alba subsp. augusta (Thunb.) Maire & Weiller
- Strelitzia angusta D.Dietr.
- Strelitzia augusta Thunb.
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.