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Etlingera spinulosa A.D. Poulsen (E00640826)

CETAF ID: http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00640826
Catalogue Number: E00640826
Scientific Name: Etlingera spinulosa A.D. Poulsen
Collector Number: 2782
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Etlingera
Species: spinulosa
Field Notes: Terrestrial herb. Rhizome stout. Leafy shoots to 15 cm apart, to 2.8 m long, raised c. 10 cm on dark purple stilt roots. Base to 5.5 cm diam., reticulate, orange-brown. Ligule to 2.6 cm long, bilobed, laterally extended to - clasp the pseudostem. Lamina sessile, to 63 x 16 cm, dark mid-green, velvety, thick, not plicate; beneath burgundy-red. Inflorescence from base, 13.5-27 cm long; spike 6-11 cm. Receptacle to 3.5 cm long in young inflorescence to 10 cm in infructescence, yellow. Bracts golden in centre with reddish margin. Fertile bract membranous, cream in lower 3/4, apex dark red; mucro spiny. Bracteole membranous, orange or cream with pink apex. Corolla pale pink; lobes darker pink. Staminal tube pale pink. Labellum pink with paler margin. Stamen pale pink. Stigma pink. Fruit cream, covered by persistent bracts. Centre of leaf base tasteless. Vernacular name: pacici (Duri langunage); fruit edible, leaves used for roofing of forest shelters.
Country: Indonesia
State/Province: Sulawesi Selatan
Locality: Indonesia:South Sulawesi [Sulawesi Selatan]:Sulawesi. South Sulawesi Province. Trail from Karangan to Rantemario.