학명 : Strelitzia nicolai Regel & Körn.
Family: Strelitziaceae
국표식 등재국명 : 니콜라이극락조화
다른 유통명 : 큰극락조화; 흰꽃극락조화
Common Name : wild banana or giant white bird of paradise
사진 : 2023.01.27 서울식물원
아래 : 2023.01.31 대전한밭수목원
엽병 기부가 교차하면서 위로 올라간다.
여인초(부채파초)는 엽병 기부는 교차하면서 위로 올라가지만 위에서는 부챗살처럼 퍼진다
아래 : 2023.03.21 물향기수목원
아래 : 2023.03.19 푸른수목원
Strelitzia nicolai, commonly known as the wild banana or giant white bird of paradise, is a species of banana-like plants with erect woody stems reaching a height of 7–8 m (23–26 ft), and the clumps formed can spread as far as 3.5 m (11 ft).
The 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)-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 18 cm (7.1 in) high by 45 cm (18 in) long, and is typically held just above the point where the leaf fan emerges from the stem. Flowers are followed by triangular seed capsules.[2][3]
Strelitzia nicolai is among the few plants which have been verified to contain the pigment bilirubin, which is usually found in animals.[4]
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 Gonubie northwards to southern Mozambique. It is also considered native to Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe, and is reportedly naturalized in eastern Mexico (State of Veracruz).[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia_nicolai
극락조화속에서는 푸른색 부분(수술과 암술의 융합부)이 보이지만 Ravenala속에서는 푸른색 부분이 보이지 않는다
2) 여인초(부채파초)
포가 중층을 이루고 있다
엽병이 위에서 부챗살처럼 퍼지고 엽병 중간과 엽신 사이 화서가 보인다
