| Field notes | Terrestrial shrub to 1 m; rhizome clustered, stilled rooted, diameter 3 cm, base pinkish; sheath at base brown; reticulated with fine white hairs; ligule 3 cm, pubescent green, short lasting; petiole 5.5 cm; lamina green glabrous above, beneath pale green; infructescense apical, young fruit dark red, mature black, dehiscent, persisting calyx red. |