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Etlingera orophila A.D.Poulsen (E00680806)

CETAF ID: http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00680806
Catalogue Number: E00680806
Scientific Name: Etlingera orophila A.D.Poulsen
Collector Number: 2776
Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Etlingera
Species: orophila
Field Notes: Terrestrial herb. Rhizome at ground level, brown. Leafy shoots to 1.65 m long, 6-10 cm between neighbouring shoots. Base to 1.5 cm diam., red-brown. Sheath yellow-green. Ligule 8 mm long with conspicuous dark purple patch extending a bit below. Lamina to 35 x 7 cm, not plicate, mid-green, pubescent beneath. Inflorescence from rhizome, 1 flower open at a time. Bracts reddish brown (sometimes pale brown and fertile bract with greenish apeces). Bracteole and calyx membranous, pale pink. Corolla tube pale pink, lobes pink at apex. Labellum dark pinkish red. Stamen pale pink. Stigma white. Taste of the centre of leaf base: peppery, sour. Also seen up to 2700 m.
Country: Indonesia
Locality: Indonesia:Sulawesi. South Sulawesi Province. Trail from Karangan to Rantemario.