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| Collector | Poulsen, A.D. |
| Number | 2535 |
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| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Subpart | Manus |
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| Locality | Buke Island. |
| Coordinates | 2° 23' S 146° 50' E |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 50 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 50 |
| Start date | 2007/01/01 |
| End date | 2007/01/01 |
| Family | Zingiberaceae |
| Identification | Alpinia oceanica Burkill |
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| Field notes | Terrestial herb to 2.5 m long, erect. Shoots in dense clump (c. 5 cm apart). Base to 4 cm diam., pale brown, cream when fresh. Sheath yellowish green. Ligule to 11 mm long, pale brown, entire to slightly emarginate. Lamina sessile, to 56 x 12 cm, dark green, slightly plicate. Inflorescence terminal, erect, 10 cm long. Bracts cream, dark brown when old. Flowers white. Vernacular name: bataan punyu (Titan buke language "bataan" meaning "shoot"; the shoot is used for climbing coconut palms and the leaves are used for keeping sago in bags or in the filtering process. Informed by john Tokios). |
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