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Heliconia caribaea

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Heliconia caribaea

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21 November 2019

Datasheet Type(s)
Host Plant

Preferred Scientific Name
Heliconia caribaea

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledonae

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

Heliconia caribaea

International Common Names

English: wild plantain
Spanish: bijagua (Mexico); platano cimarrón
French: balisier

EPPO code

HEBCA (Heliconia caribaea)

Taxonomic Tree

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledonae
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
Species: Heliconia caribaea

List of Pests

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Minor host of:

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense tropical race 4 (TR4); Ralstonia solanacearum (bacterial wilt of potato)

Wild host of:

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Panama disease of banana); Raoiella indica (red palm mite)

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