Characteristics
A climbing palm. The leaves are made up of leaflets. These leaves are 2.4-3.6 m long. There is a long spiny tendril at the top. The tendril which clings onto objects has spines. The male and female flowers are on separate plants. The fruit is a round one seeded fruit with a hard stone. It is about 1.5 cm across. It is shiny and brownish-yellow. The seeds have irregular wrinkles.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
-
|
| Growth support |
climber
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
dioecy
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| 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 grows in evergreen tropical forest.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The young top of the shoot can be eaten. The pith of the stem is cooked and eaten. The leaf base can be eaten raw or boiled in curries. The fruit can be eaten.
Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings or suckers.
| Mode |
seedlings
suckers
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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