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Collector Poulsen, A. D.
Number 1739
Collected with Anthony Lamb & Aninguh Surat
Country Malaysia
Subpart SABAH
County  
Locality Kg. Tetagas, next to Agri Heath Forest Reserve, transition zone between dipterocarp and heath forest, sandy soils. In gap. Tenom District.
Coordinates 5° 0' N 116° 28' E
Minimum elevation (m) 475
Maximum elevation (m) 475
Start date 2001/05/09
End date 2001/05/09
Family Zingiberaceae
Identification Etlingera nasuta (K. Schum.) R.M. Smith
Determined by Poulsen,A.D.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Terrestrial herb to 4 m. Rhizome long-creeping. Stem base c. 3 cm diam, sheath brownish-green, lower 0.5-1.5 m leafless. Ligule brown, glabrous. Leaf plain-green to dark green, young apical leaves brown. 20-40 lvs. per shoot. Old inflorescence only arising from rhizome distant form base. Taste of cabbage, faint garlic, not strong. Specimen at: SAN, KEP, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, AAU.

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