musaceae

In the muddy vegetation associated to these mangroves, big hydrophilous herbs, mainly grasses and forbs, and musaceae (Heliconia latispatha) predominate.

Guianan mangroves 2008

Wandering in this thick wood of musaceae or arborescent plants, we constantly directed our course towards the eastern peak, which we perceived from time to time through an opening.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

We can conceive that a small number of the families of plants, for instance the musaceae and the palms, cannot belong to very cold regions, on account of their internal structure, and the importance of certain organs; but we cannot explain why no one of the family of the

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The Indians whose hammocks were placed on the edge of the river, interwove the heliconias and other musaceae, so as to form a kind of roof over them.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

I knew them at once to be the leaves of the great _musaceae_, either plantains or bananas.

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850

They baited, therefore, and formed camp -- their Dyak guide erecting a bamboo hut in less than an hour, and thatching it over with the huge leaves of the wild _musaceae_.

Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850

He had noted the grand tropical trees -- the palms and _pothos_ plants -- the _mimosas_ and _musaceae_ -- the magnificent forms of the _lombax_ and _bertholletia_ -- the curious

Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850

Before them towered the great _musaceae_ -- plantains and bananas (_Musa paradisiaca_ and _Sapientum_).

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850

The Indians whose hammocks were placed on the edge of the river, interwove the heliconias and other musaceae, so as to form a kind of roof over them.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

Wandering in this thick wood of musaceae or arborescent plants, we constantly directed our course towards the eastern peak, which we perceived from time to time through an opening.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814