| Field notes | Terrestrial herb 2.5-3 m (shoot 3.5 m when flattened). Leafy shoots in loose clump of (2-)4(-5) shoots, 13-25 cm apart. Rhizome 1.5 cm diam.; scales to 4.5 cm, reddish when young. Leafy shoot with 17-27. Base of leafy shoot reddish. Sheath green, tinged purple in upper part. Ligule 12-15 mm. Petiole to 5 mm. Lamina to 54 x 13 cm, narrowly ovate, dull green, slightly plicate, pubescent below, young leaf tinged purple beneath; base rounded; apex assymetrical . The cut base smells like E. foetens of aniseed. Old inflorescence 14-18 cm. lnfructescence 8 x 11 cm with 28 fruits, 3.5 x3.5 cm, purple, bracts persistent. Deposited at: SKF, AAU, E, QBG. Material in spirit. Photographed. DNA sampled. |
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