Benstonea fortuita Callm. & Buerki

Pandanaceae

Collection NumberCallmander, M 1197
CollectorsM. W. Callmander, C. Davidson, S. Christoph, Postar Miun & Jeisin Jumian.
Identified ByM. Callmander (G) & S. Buerki (BM) 2015
SourceC. Davidson
Date09 October 2014
CountryMalaysia
stateSabah
divisionInterior
districtTenom
LocationLumako Forest Reserve. 21 km from Tenom on road to Sipitang. Lowland Dipterocarp forest. 620 m elev.
NoteSubacaulescent Pandan. Leaves glaucous white below, 5 x 120 cm (often smaller), abruptly attenuate distally, shortly apiculate (c. 0.5-1 cm). Syncarp in the middle of the clump of leaves, erect, pale green, subspherical, c. 6 cm in diam., stigma brown. New species: Candollea 71(2): 258. 2016.