Herbarium catalogue

Family: Zingiberaceae

Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen

Isotype of Etlingera echinulata A.D. Poulsen

Collector/Expedition: Poulsen, Axel Dalberg & Kinho, Julianus

Collection number: 2808

Collection date: 22nd February 2009

Country/Territory: Indonesia

Collecting locality: Indonesia:Sulawesi. Central Sulawesi Province. Tabodok.

Habitat: Edge of secondary forest near garden trail.

Description: Terrestrial herb. Leafy shoots 6?15 cm apart, to 2.1 m long. Base to 2 cm diam, brown. Sheath yellow-green. Ligule to 3 mm long. Petiole to 6 mm long with basal callus. Lamina to 34 x 5 cm, mid-green; pale green beneath. Inflorescence radical, to 10 cm long. Peduncle to 5 cm long with yellowish cream bracts. Spike loose, to 5 x 2 cm. Fertile bract pale yellow-green. Bracteole membranous pale yellow-green. Ovary and calyx pale yellow-green. Corolla tube pale red; lobes pale yellow-green. Staminal tube pale pink. Labellum white with yellow-green centre, pale red at base. Filament pale pink. Anther pale yellow-green. Stigma pale yellow-green. Infructescence with 15 fruits; head 5 x 4 cm, pedicel to 1 cm long, fruit pale red. Taste of centre of lower leafy shoot: bitter pine-like.

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

Barcode: E00830687

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00830687

Herbarium region: 6C (Malay Islands)

Number of sheets: 1