Aframomum of Sangha

Identification Aframomum species in the Sangha Trinational Area, central Africa

RBGE - 9024 - E00509526

Basis of record: 
Preserved specimen
Institution code: 
RBGE
Collection code: 
9024
Catalogue number: 
E00509526
Taxonomic name: 
Field notes: 
Herb to 4 m high in light gap. Not clumping. Base of leafy shoot above soil in leaf litter. Flowering shrub, each shoot with one open flower; about ten shoots with open flowers within a 10 m radius. Flower very pale mauve, almost pale pink. Mixed species terra firma forest.
Collection date: 
2007-05-01
Specimen URL: 
http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00509526
D.J.Harris
Collector (COPY): 
Harris, David J.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith