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| Collector | Borchsenius, F. |
| Number | 677 |
| Collected with | Piakaset Suksathan, Marlina Ardiyani and Suriani Surbakti |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Subpart | Papua |
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| Locality | Jayapura regency. Maribu. Pandeng Rejo. Road Sentani-Depepre km 18, terrains of house #26. Gardens and sago forest |
| Coordinates | 2° 30' 30'' S 140° 23' 0'' E |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 100 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 100 |
| Start date | 2008/11/25 |
| End date | 2008/11/25 |
| Family | Marantaceae |
| Identification | Phrynium cominsia I.M.Turner |
| Determined by | F. Borchsenius |
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| Field notes | Clustering herb, cluster 3 m wide, shoots to 2.50 m tall including inflorescence, the smallest ones about 120 cm tall. Leaves 2-4 per shoot if flowering, 6-8 on young sterile shoots. Blade green above with pale green stripe along the midrib, below a little shiny but same color, sheath 27-50 cm long, petiole 43-100 cm long incl. pulvinus, blade 42-77 x 15-28 cm. Peduncle 135-205 cm long, dull green. Synflorescence 38-53 cm long, the 3-4 lower nodes with up to 3 branches each. Flowers white. Fruit light greyish-green, shining, rounded-triangular in cross-section. Seed black, with orange aril. Common in edge of Sago forest, occasional inside wet part of Sago forest. Most mature leaves of this plant are ripped in all observed clusters. |
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