Heliconia bihai, Heliconia psittacorum.

Heliconia bihai Linn. Scitamineae. False Plantain.

South America. In the West Indies, the young shoots are eaten by the natives.

Heliconia psittacorum Linn. f. Parrot's Plantain.

South America. In the West Indies, the shoots are eaten.

Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.