ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors are grateful to the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, for the financial assistance for
the research projects on Indian Marantaceae and Musaceae (Sanction No. SR/SO/PS-115/09, dtd 19.08.2010). We
also thank the officers of the Forest Department, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland for granting permission
and providing necessary help for the field studies in the forest. The authors would also like to thank to Mr. Markku
Häkkinen (Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanic Garden, University of Helsinki) for the valuable opinion on
this species. Thanks are also due to Dr. Rethy (Arunachal Pradesh), Dr. S.K. Chaturvedi and Mr. Santanu Dey
(Nagaland), Fr. Jose and Fr. Joy Koothur Vellattukara (Manipur) for their help during the collection of specimens.