Pseudostems 1--2 m. Leaves subsessile; leaf sheath pubescent, marked with conspicuous, vertical striations; ligule 2-cleft, ca. 4 mm, abaxially pubescent; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, ca. 45 × 5.5 cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely pubescent, base attenuate, apex caudate-acuminate. Racemes erect, 12--15 cm, stout, densely flowered; rachis villous; bracteoles obovate, ca. 1.2 cm × 7 mm, abaxially pubescent, margin ciliate. Pedicel ca. 1 mm, villous. Calyx ca. 1 cm, split on 1 side, abaxially densely pubescent, margin ciliate. Corolla white; tube ca. 1 cm, glabrous; lobes ciliate at margin, lateral ones elliptic-lanceolate, ca. 1.8 cm × 7 mm, narrower than central one. Lateral staminodes very short. Labellum ovate, ca. 2.2 × 1.6 cm, apex emarginate, white tinged with red. Stamen ca. 1.7 cm; filament ca. 7 mm. Ovary ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm in diam. Seeds black; aril membranous.
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A ginger family herb. The false stems are 1-2 m tall. The leaves have almost no stalks. The leaf sheath has hairs. The leaf blade is narrowly sword shaped and 45 cm long by 5.5 cm wide. The fruit is round and 2.5 mm across. It has black seeds.
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