Quininde. Bilsa Biological Station. Montañas de Mache, 35 km W of Quininde, 5 km W of Sanrta Isabel. N-bearing border of reserve between the Station road and the E-bearing border crossing the Río Cube. Secondary forest w/ primary forest remnants. Premontane wet forest.
Coordinates
0° 21' N 79° 44' W
Minimum elevation (m)
400
Maximum elevation (m)
600
Start date
1994/09/23
End date
1994/09/23
Family
Zingiberaceae
Identification
Costus pulverulentus C. B. Presl
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Field notes
Woody herb of .5 m. Several stems from root base. Corolla tube and calyx orange-red. Corolla lobes yellow. Inflorescence bracts bright red w/yellow stripe from middle to tip. Fruit styrofoam white w/ white fibrous flesh.
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