Filed As:

Zingiberaceae
Alpinia brevilabris C.Presl

Common Names:

tagbas

Location:

Philippines. Negros Oriental. Dumaguete City. Dumaguete (Cuernos Mts.), Island of Negros. Alt. 1372m. (4501 ft.)

Description:

loose clumps stems smooth, green, 1 inch thick at the base which is in the ground is bulbose, 3 to 5 meters long usually reclining and recurved along the dense tangled undershrub; leaves smooth darker green above, ascending, flat, except the recurved tips, alternate 3-5 inches apart, the basal one more scattering, the margins wavy; infrutescense terminal, 1 foot long, its 3-5 branches alternate (a continuation of the leaf arrangement) green erect; fruits also suberect, shining lemon color, orange red and of a rich wine when mature; seeds from 3-5, irregular, shining, yellowish brown; "Tagbas".

Habitat:

wet humus covered ground of the foggy belt.

Other:

Specimen Notes: [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 4355110
GUID: f6f9ad33-320c-4278-8ec7-1327cf494f22

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