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Collector Poulsen, A.D.
Number 2677
Collected with Firdaus
Country Indonesia
Subpart Sulawesi
County  
Locality Central Sulawesi Province. Palayan. Foothill of G.Dako. Cocoa plantation.
Coordinates 1° 4' 29'' N 120° 53' 25'' E
Minimum elevation (m) 550
Maximum elevation (m) 550
Start date 2008/03/08
End date 2008/03/08
Family Zingiberaceae
Identification Sulettaria A.D. Poulsen & Mathisen
Determined by A.D. Poulsen
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Terrestial herb in dense clump of 18 shoots. Leafy shoot to 6.7 m long. Base of leafy shoot to 7 cm diam., brown. Sheath brownish green. Ligule bilobed, dentate to 7 mm long. Petiole to 2 cm at uppermost leaf. Lamina to 92 x 16 cm, mid-green. Inflorescence subterranean, to 2.5 m long; scales cream to pale pink. Calyx reddish with pale yellow-green apex; lobes cream, pale greenish to rose: Labellum white, centre red at base, white in upper 6 mm, crest white. Stigma red. Fruit 3 x 3.5cm, cream (green where exposed). Vernacular name: baku tondo (Dondo language). Used medicinally mixed with coconut juice to treat sick childrren. Material in spirit. DNA sampled.

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