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Strelitzia nicolai
''Strelitzia nicolai'', commonly known as the Giant White Bird of Paradise or Wild Banana are banana-like plants with erect woody stems reaching a height of and the clumps formed can spread as far as .
The long leaves are grey-green and arranged like a fan at the top of the stems, similar to ''Ravenala madagascariensis''. The inflorescence is composed of a dark blue bract, white sepals and a bluish-purple "tongue". The entire flower can be as much as high by long and is typically held just above the point where the leaf fan emerges from the stem. Flowers are followed by triangular seed capsules.〔(Regel, Eduard August von & Körnicke, Friedrich August. 1858. Gartenflora 7: 265, pl. 235, ''Strelitzia nicolai'' )〕〔Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2), ''Strelitzia nicolai''〕
Strelitzia Nicolai is among the rare plants which have been verified to contain the Bilirubin pigment, which is usually found in animals.
== Distribution ==
''Strelitzia nicolai'' is one of three larger ''Strelitzia'' species, the other two being tree-like ''S. caudata'' and ''S. alba''. ''S. nicolai'' is restricted to evergreen coastal forest and thicket of eastern South Africa from the Great Fish River northwards to Richards Bay. It is also considered native to Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe, and is reportedly naturalized in eastern Mexico (State of Veracruz).〔(Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Strelitzia nicolai'' )〕
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