Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Alpinia carolinensis
Collector Name:
David H. Lorence
Collection Date:
February 16, 1998
Determiner:
David H. Lorence (PTBG) x.1999
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Locality:
Along road from Airai to Melekeok at 6.0 miles NE of airport entrance near Rois Beng.
Plant Description:
Terrestrial herb, rhizomatous, pseudostems clumped, 5-6 m tall, leaves distichous. Flowers with deep pink calyx, corolla lobes pink, white basally. Fruits crimson, seeds brown. Abundant in forest understory.
Habitat:
Evergreen wet forest.
Associated Species:
Rhus, Garcinia, Pinanga insignis, Manilkara, Fagraea, Campnosperma, Semecarpus, Freycinetia, Gmelina, and Astronidium.
Date of Record Creation:
April 3, 2013
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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