Characteristics
Palmyra like palm. A large palm which has separate male and female trees. It has a single trunk. It can grow 25 m high. The trunk is 35 cm across. The leaflets are spread out like fingers on a hand. The leaf stalks does not have thorns. The leaf sheath is split to the base and there is another split below the leaf stalk. The male and female flowers are very different. The male flowers are in dense clusters in pits in the flower bearing stalk. The fruit are large with a black shiny surface. They are 12-15 cm long by 8-10 cm wide. The fruit is in 3 sections. Each one has a single seed inside.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
dioecy
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
0.35
|
| Mature height (meter) |
25.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It occurs in Papua New Guinea in groves in headlands projecting into the Sepik River and also occurs along the Sepik plain. In Cairns Botanical Gardens.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
|
Usage
The young fruit are eaten.
Cultivation
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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