COL000426847 - Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) Maas - Zingiberaceae

General information
Bar code	COL000426847
Catalog number	137134
Collector	Simpson, Donald R.
Collector number	719
Collection date	Feb. 24, 1968
Observations	Collections of a cooperative project sponsored by the Servicio Forestal y de Caza (Lima, Peru) and the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago). Funded by National Science Foundation grant no. GB-5588
Update date	Nov. 6, 2014
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Magnoliophyta
Class	Liliopsida
Order	Zingiberales
Family	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Renealmia
Specific epithet	alpinia
Author	(Rottb.) Maas
Determiner	Maas, Paulus Johannes Maria
Date of determination	Sept. 6, 1977
Geographic information
Country	PERÚ
Department	LORETO
County	MAYNAS
Locality	Dtto. Alto Nanay. Near Santa María de Nanay.
Attributes
Habit	hierba
Phenology	flowering
Uses/Organ	Use ripe fruit for ink and to dye mud used in the "Carnival" to paint face, clothes, etc.

General information