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Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen (E00640816)

CETAF ID: http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00640816
Catalogue Number: E00640816
Scientific Name: Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen
Collector Number: 2808
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Etlingera
Species: echinulata
Field Notes: Terrestrial herb. Leafy shoots 6?15 cm apart, to 2.1 m long. Base to 2 cm diam, brown. Sheath yellow-green. Ligule to 3 mm long. Petiole to 6 mm long with basal callus. Lamina to 34 x 5 cm, mid-green; pale green beneath. Inflorescence radical, to 10 cm long. Peduncle to 5 cm long with yellowish cream bracts. Spike loose, to 5 x 2 cm. Fertile bract pale yellow-green. Bracteole membranous pale yellow-green. Ovary and calyx pale yellow-green. Corolla tube pale red; lobes pale yellow-green. Staminal tube pale pink. Labellum white with yellow-green centre, pale red at base. Filament pale pink. Anther pale yellow-green. Stigma pale yellow-green. Infructescence with 15 fruits; head 5 x 4 cm, pedicel to 1 cm long, fruit pale red. Taste of centre of lower leafy shoot: bitter pine-like.
Country: Indonesia
Locality: Indonesia:Sulawesi. Central Sulawesi Province. Tabodok.