Rhizome unknown.. Leafy shoots 2-5 m. tall.. Leaves narrowly obovate, up to 50 × 9 cm., acuminate, base cordate-auriculate, often asymmetrical, glabrous, margin entire, scarious; nerves widely spaced, 9-11 per 5 mm. above and beneath; ligule rounded, coriaceous, glabrous, 1-2 mm. long; petiole very short or none; sheaths sulcate, glabrous.. Inflorescences arising from the base of a leafy shoot; peduncle 50-100 cm. tall, usually with 1-flowered distichously arranged subunits towards the apex, but sometimes bearing only a single terminal 1-2-flowered inflorescence; bracts oblong, chartaceous, glabrous, 7.5-8.5 × 2 cm., apex rounded, the uppermost bracts to 4.5 × 2.5 cm., broadly ovate, apex rounded, densely and minutely puberulous over the whole outer surface.. Calyx spathaceous, 3.5-4.5 cm. long, split for 2 cm. at one side, sparsely appressed pubescent towards the apex.. Petals pale mauve, the posterior elliptical, 4-6 × 2-3 cm.; laterals narrowly oblong, 3.5-5 × 0.7-1 cm.. Labellum ± 8 cm. long, the free portion suborbicular, 4-6 cm. in diameter, pale mauve.. Free filament ligulate, 15-20 mm. long; anther subterminal, 7-10 mm. long, the basal two-thirds dehiscent; apex 3-lobed, the apical lobe broadly triangular, 1-3 mm. long, the lateral lobes subulate, decurved, 3-6 mm. long.. Ovary glabrous; style filiform, sparsely appressed pubescent towards the apex and on the margins of the trumpet-shaped stigma.. Fruit narrowly fusiform, 8-11 cm. long, 1.5 × 2 cm. in diameter, with the calyx persisting at the apex.. Seeds irregularly polyhedral, ± 2.5 × 2 mm., dark brown, striate.
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A ginger family herb. It grows 3-5 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 50 cm long by 9 cm wide. They are heart shaped or ear shaped at the base and taper to the tip. The flowering stalk is 50-100 cm tall and it has flowers occur singly towards the top. The petals are pale red. The fruit are red and on stalks about 1 m long. These branch off near ground level. The fruit are 8-11 cm long by 2 cm wide. The fruit have a white portion around the seeds. The seeds are an irregular shape and 2.5 mm by 2 mm. They are dark brown and have lines along them.
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