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Family: Zingiberaceae
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Etlingera sarasinorum (K.Schum. ) A.D.Poulsen
Isoneotype of Amomum sarasinorum K.Schum.
Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Ardiyani, Marlina M., Kananga, Buen & Lasut, Theogius
Collection number: 2618
Collection date: 19th February 2008
Country/Territory: Indonesia:Sulawesi Utara
Collecting locality: Indonesia:North Sulawesi [Sulawesi Utara]:Indonesia. North Sulawesi Province. Gunung Mahawu, eastern side.
Latitude: 1°20'55''N, Longitude: 124°52'14''E
Habitat: Open forest.
Description: Terrestrial herb. Rhizome long-creeping (0.1-0.5 m between shoots). Leafy shoot to 3.5 m long, with 25 leaves. Base to 6 cm diam., green to reddish brown. Ligule to 11 mm long, greenish brown. Petiole 2.5 cm long. Lamina to 62 x 15 cm, not plicate, mid-green tinged - reddish below - especially when young; base auriculate: lobes to 1.5 cm long. Inflorescence flat-topped when young. Sterile bracts mucronate, spreading. Fertile bracts orange-red, purple-red at apex. Bracteole and calyx reddish brown. Corolla tube cream - lobes cream, purple-red in upper 1 cm. Staminal tube cream. Labellum pale yellow with a faint pinkish tinge. Stigma pink. Taste of central base: bitter, pine. Also seen at outer slope of Mahawu at 1275 m.
Miscellaneous notes: Deposited at: BO, E. Material in spirit. Photographed. DNA sampled.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00643306
Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)
Number of sheets: 4
Associated material:
Herbarium sheetE00643303
Herbarium sheetE00643304
Herbarium sheetE00643305
Herbarium sheetE00643307
SpiritE00783830
SpiritE00783831
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