Plants
- Strelitzia, a genus of 5 species of perennials
- Heliconia, a genus of about 100-200 species of flowering plants, commonly called lobster-claws, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise
- Caesalpinia gilliesii, a shrub in the legume family
- Caesalpinia pulcherrima, a shrub in the legume family, commonly called Red Bird of Paradise or Mexican Bird of Paradise
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