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Heliconia indica is a rhizomatous herb in the Heliconiaceae family, native to Maluku and the southwest Pacific. It grows best in warm, humid, wet tropical conditions with bright light and steady moisture.
Heliconia indica is a species of plant in the family Heliconiaceae. It is found in Maluku and the southwest Pacific.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heliconia indica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
