Herbarium catalogue

Family: Zingiberaceae

Etlingera polycarpa subsp. ligulata A.D.Poulsen

Isotype of Etlingera polycarpa subsp. ligulata A.D.Poulsen

Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg & Firdaus,

Collection number: 2682

Collection date: 9th March 2008

Country/Territory: Indonesia:Sulawesi Tengah

Collecting locality: Indonesia:Central Sulawesi [Sulawesi Tengah]:Gunung Tinombala.

Habitat: Roadside in primary forest.

Description: Terrestrial herb in loose clump c. 10 cm between neighbouring shoots). Leafy shoot to 4.7 m long. Base of leafy shoot to 6 cm diam., red. Sheath yellowish brown to green. Ligule to 7 mm long, pale brown. Lamina to 85 x 19 cm. Inflorescence from rhizome, ascending to erect, stout. Peduncle to 45 cm long, 4 cm diam. just below spike, scales orange to reddish brown. Spike 4.5 x 7-7.5 cm, mucilagenous, bracts reddish brown. Fertile bract pale pink, apex red. Bracteole pale pink, apex brown. Calyx pale pink, apex pink. Corolla tube pale pink, lobes pink. Staminal tube pale pink. Labellum red, terminal lobe dark red, lateral lobes involute. Filament white. Anther ad stigma pale red. Infructescence head to 9 x 12.5 cm, pedicel 6 mm long. Fruit 3 x 3 cm, pale orange below; in upper 1/3-1/2 dark red, and finely spiny. Taste of centre of leafy shoot base: bitter.

Barcode: E00680785

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00680785

Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)

Number of sheets: 1