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Collector Borchsenius, F.
Number 451
Collected with  
Country Malaysia
Subpart SABAH
County  
Locality Lahad Datu. Tabin Wildlife Reserve, road to Tomanggong, km 6.6. Vegetation
Coordinates 5° 12' N 118° 33' E
Minimum elevation (m) 0
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 1998/05/26
End date 1998/05/26
Family Zingiberaceae
Identification Etlingera pyramidosphaera (K.Schum.)R.M.Sm.
Determined by Poulsen,A.D.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes "Clustering herb, 10-20 shoots in dense cluster. Rhizome short creeping 2-4 cm, white with brown bracts, forming dense clump, smell slightly unpleasant, shoots 3-4 m tall when fully developed, with leaves on distal approximately 1/2, these with undulate margin. Leaves of young shoots uniformly wine-red below, becoming green on mature shoots. Inflorescence borne on rhizome, emerging between shoots, 40-6- cm tall. Flowers of tip of inflorescence in cop made from the pale red bracts; inflorescenceaxis otherwise pale green. Flowerbuds red, pale green act apex, petals and labellum red"

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