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Etlingera balikpapanensis A.D.Poulsen (E00229858)

CETAF ID: http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00229858
Catalogue Number: E00229858
Scientific Name: Etlingera balikpapanensis A.D.Poulsen
Collector Number: 2114
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Etlingera
Species: balikpapanensis
Field Notes: Terrestrial herb to 5 m, rhizome long-creeping, 3 cm in diam. Leafy shoot with 9-20 leaves, leafless lower 3.4 m. Base 7 cm in diam, pubescent, green. Sheath green, pubescent, 4 cm diam at 60 cm from base. Ligule densely pubescent, 2 cm. Petiole to 8 cm, canaliculate; lamina to 100 by 18 cm, glabrous, plain green mid rib groove pale. Inflorescence from rhizome with ca. 40 flowers, 13-20 cm. Peduncle 3-8 cm, scales whit; lower sterile bracts white, deeply concave, margin red; upper sterile bracts only white at lower third - upper reddish pink. Fertile bract and bracteole membranous, pale pink. Calyx pale pink with darker tip. Petal lobes pink with darker pink apex. Labellum with inrolled margin with a pale yellow line in center (appears white from the outside), tip bifid. Infructescence 6-7 cm long and 7-13 cm wide. Bigger bracts persistently ensheathing the fruit. Fruit star-shaped, greenish brown. Taste of inner sheath bitter-sour.
Country: Indonesia
State/Province: Kalimantan Timur
Locality: Indonesia:East Kalimantan [Kalimantan Timur]:Sg. Wain.