Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.530379 172.620934
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Botanic Gardens
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 172/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
30-APR-1997
Start date:
1997-04-30
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
In glasshouse
Notes:
Large rhizomatous herb with stems nearly a metre high. Inflorescence on leafy stems, the whole plant being almost odourless. Capsules fleshy, about 3.5cm long; inner fleshy part of pericarp orange and recurving and twisting. Seeds bright shining red, about 5mm long, almost fusiform. Aril similarly coloured. Sheets A - D.