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Botany3

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Tongatapu Island2
Niuatoputapu Island1

Family

Zingiberaceae3

Country

Tonga3

When collected

1950s1970s

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Alpinia purpurata

Alpinia purpurata

BISH 41398

Soakai, E., 1959
Tongatapu Island, Tonga

Alpinia purpurata

BISH 127314 · Yuncker, T.G., 1953

Tongatapu Island, Tonga

Alpinia purpurata

BISH 456103 · Kirch, P.V., 1976

Niuatoputapu Island, Tonga

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