Perennial herb with leafy shoots 1-3 m. tall.. Leaves narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, 35-75 × 5-11 cm., glabrous, acuminate, gradually attenuate at the base with a petiole up to 2 cm. long; ligule ± 1 mm. long, rounded; sheaths forming a pseudo-stem, sulcate, with sparse weak reticulations, minutely puberulous with simple, forked or stellate prickle-like hairs in the furrows.. Inflorescences arising at the base of the leafy shoots, 10-20 cm. long; peduncle-bracts narrowly elliptic, retuse or truncate at apex, up to 10 × 2 cm., sparsely appressed pubescent; floral bracts elliptic, acute, 2-2.5 × 0.5-0.6 cm., pubescent particularly at the apices; bracteoles tubular, pubescent.. Calyx pale orange, tubular, 3-toothed at apex, ± 10 mm. long, pubescent particularly at the apex.. Petals oblong, apex rounded, ±6 × 3 mm.. Labellum 15 mm., the free portion weakly 3-lobed, 8.5 mm. long, 7.5 mm. wide.. Stamen 4.5 mm. long, apex bilobed; anther 4.5 mm. long, completely dehiscent.. Ovary 4 mm. long, sparsely pubescent; style filiform.. Fruit subglobose, 6-11 × 6-8 mm., crowned by the persistent calyx which is 6-10 mm. long, narrowly conical and truncate; the pubescent teeth are either deciduous or inrolled, the apex 2.5-4 mm. in diameter, somewhat thickened into a paler ring.. Seeds 9-26 in each fruit, ± 3.5 × 2.5 mm., chestnut-brown, finely striate, shiny.
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A ginger family herb. It has leafy shoots 1-3 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 35-75 cm long by 5-11 cm wide. The flowering shoot comes from the base of the plant and is 10-20 cm long. The fruit are a flattened round shape and 6-11 mm long by 6-8 mm wide. There are 9-26 seeds in a fruit. They are brown and 3.5 mm long by 2.5 mm wide. They have lines and are shiny.
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