Herbarium catalogue

Family: Zingiberaceae

Etlingera rubroloba A.D.Poulsen

Isotype of Etlingera rubroloba A.D.Poulsen

Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Ardiyani, Marlina M., Firdaus, & Fajrin, Syaiful

Collection number: 2762

Collection date: 22nd January 2009

Country/Territory: Indonesia

Collecting locality: Indonesia:Sulawesi. South Sulawesi Province. Bantimurung National Park, c. 200 m SW of Bislab.

Habitat: Edge of garden at base of limestone cliff.

Description: Terrestrial herb in dense clump of 7 leafy shoots, up to 10 cm apart. Leafy shoots to 4.8-5.5 m long with up to 28 leaves. Base to 5.5 cm diam, reddish brown. Sheath reticulate, green. Ligule pale green, 1.5-2 cm long, acute, entire. Petiole 2-4.2(-5) cm long. Lamina to 77-82 x 18 cm, not plicate, mid-green, pale beneath; base truncate to slightly cordate, sides unequal; apex acute, asymmetric. Inflorescence 15-21 cm long (longest when fruiting as well). Peduncle to 11 cm long, bracts cream tinged wine-red, especially towards margin. Pedicel 6 mm long, golden-yellow. Fertile bract reddish brown. Bracteole transparent cream at base, reddish brown in upper half. Calyx cream in lower half, reddish brown in upper. Corolla tube white; lobes reddish brown in upper half. Staminal tube white. Labellum white with pink margin also on lateral lobes' lower margin, apex bilobed. Stamen and stigma white. Infructescence head to 11 x 7 cm, bract and calyx persistent, calyx - parallel to axis. Fruit reddish brown, rounded, spiny in upper half. Taste of the centre of leaf base: strong peppery, pine and soap. Vernacular names: 1. kasimpo (Makassar language), used for cooking. 2. pane (Bugis language). Also seen at Karaenta (5deg2'7.7''S; 119deg44'15.9''E), 250 m elev.

Miscellaneous notes: Deposited at: AAU, BO, CEB, E. Photographed. Material in spirit. DNA sampled.

Barcode: E00564717

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00564717

Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)

Number of sheets: 2