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'Black Cherry'
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| Cultivar epithet: 'Black Cherry' Species/hybrid: Heliconia psittacorum Description: Erect inflorescence; 4 to 6 distichous bracts, dark red, shading to maroon distally on lower two bracts; rachis pink distally shading to red proximally; sepals green shading to dark green on distal third with darker green band and white tip; ovary green on distal third and white proximally; pedicel white. Vegetation musoid. Height 0.9 to 1.5 m (3 to 5 feet). Publication: Berry, F. and W.J. Kress. 1991. Heliconia: An identification guide. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
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