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Collector Poulsen, A.D.
Number 2674
Collected with Firdaus
Country Indonesia
Subpart Sulawesi
County  
Locality Central Sulawesi Province. Kebun kopi, 20 km NE of Palu. Roadside in secondary forest and plantation area, near small stream.
Coordinates 0° 43' 39'' S 120° 1' 32'' E
Minimum elevation (m) 825
Maximum elevation (m) 825
Start date 2008/03/07
End date 2008/03/07
Family Zingiberaceae
Identification Alpinia celebica Ridl.
Determined by M.Newman
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Terrestrial herb in dense clump. Leafy shoot to 2.5 m long. Base to 4.5 cm diam., dark red. Seath yellow-green. Ligule 8 mm long, green. Lamina to 67 x 10.5 cm, narrowly ovate, mid-green; beneath pale; base attenuate. Inflorescence terminal, ascending to 47 cm long. Spike to 28 cm long, rachis yellow-green to reddish brown. Peduncles of cincinni dark reddish brown. bracteoles and calyx pale yellow-green. Flowers cream. Corolla lobes tinged pale yellow-green at apex. Fruit 1.8 x 2 cm, green.

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