Plant

Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia

Heliconia rostrata

Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia (Heliconia rostrata) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Bajaj Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia (Heliconia rostrata) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Bajaj Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name: Heliconia rostrata
Family: Heliconiaceae, order Zingiberales
Group: Plant

Red-and-yellow bracts like lobster claws.

Spot it Hanging red bracts edged in yellow.
Home Gardens.
Food web Sunbirds sip nectar from the small flowers inside.
Why it matters Draws sunbirds to gardens, boosting pollination.

Read more: Heliconia rostrata on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2025 and 2026, in Jaipur.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
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