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This colorful species is native to the Amazon, but more frequently met in gardens, in this case one in Ecuador.
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In both the Amazon basin and highlands of Ecuador and Peru, the leaves are use to wrap items for cooking. Photo from the Omaere Etnobotanical Garden, Puyo, Ecuador.
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The Rattlesnake Plant is native from Central America to Ecuador and Brazil. It is more likely to be encountered as a house plant, however. Blodel Conservatory, Vancouver.
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Found in northern South America, this species is known as Rumipanga, and those large leaves are used to wrap food for cooking. Amacayacu Park, Colombian Amazon.
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The patterned leaves of Puma Panga at Jatun Sacha gardens, Ecuador.
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London, England, United Kingdom
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Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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This member of the Marantaceae Family ranges from here in Panama to Brazil. It is known as Sweet Corn Root as the roots are large and edible. The genus goes by the local name of Bijao.
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From the Calanoa Reserve in the Colombian Amazon, showing the flower stalk amid much larger leaves.
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Wheat Calathea is found from Mexico to Ecuador, here planted at Summit Park in Panama. Fibers from this species are used by natives to weave baskets.
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Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore
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Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore
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A chaotic flower head on a long stock, but it is the leaves that are important in this species. Known as Rumipanga, they are used to wrap food for cooking. Sacha Reserve, Ecuador.
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London, England, United Kingdom
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A species found largely in the western Amazon Basin, here at Calanoa Reserve, Colombia. Small but attractive flowers among much larger leaves.
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Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore