Family: Zingiberaceae
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Zingiber nitens M.F.Newman
Holotype of Zingiber nitens M.F.Newman
Country of origin: Not recorded
Verbatim garden collecting location: G65:Research Collection
Description: Clump-forming herb, 0.65-1 m tall, all parts foetid when bruised. Sheaths dark purplish green with white indumentum. Leaves 13-15 per pseudostem, dark green, petiole and ligule pale green. Inflorescence terminal, erect. Flowers smelling foetid. Bracts glossy, dark green where exposed, pale green where covered; bracteoles pale green, hyaline. Calyx pale green, hyaline; corolla pale yellow, lip dark purple with a few yellow dots and a yellow patch in throat; lateral staminodes pale yellow, sometimes with a few dark red spots; anther pale yellow, crest dark purple.
Collection number: 2647
Collection date: 11th September 2013
Kind of specimen: SPIRIT
Barcode: E00784484
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00784484
Herbarium region: Cultivated (Cultivated)
Number of sheets: 1
This specimen is a voucher for RBGE accession: 20111043A
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