POKOK SEPIT UDANG (HELICONIA)
Pokok
Sepit Udang atau
nama santifiknya Heliconia merupakan sejenis pokok hiasan yang
sering ditanam dihalaman. Sebagaimana pokok yang rimbun agak semak sekiranya
tidak dijaga dengan baik. Heliconia adalah genus kepada sekitar 100 hingga 200 spesies tumbuhan berbunga asal di
Afrika tropika dan kepulauan Lautan Pasifik barat ke Indonesia. Heliconia
merupakan sumber makanan penting kepada kelicap hutan, terutamanya (hermit
(hummingbird)) dan sesetengah daripadanya, seperti Rufous-breasted
Hermit, turut menjadikannya sebagai tumbuhan bagi bersarang.
Heliconia, derived from
the Greek word Ἑλικώνιος (helikṓnios),
is a genus of flowering
plants in the family Heliconiaceae. Most of the
ca 194 known species are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the western
Pacific and Maluku. Many species of Heliconia are found in
the tropical
forests of these regions. Several species are
widely cultivated as ornamentals, and a few are naturalized in Florida, Gambia and Thailand.Common names for the genus include lobster-claws, toucan
peak, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise.
The last term refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers
(Strelitzia). Collectively, these plants
are also simply referred to as heliconias.
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