Characteristics
A palm. It has a single stem. It grows 3 m tall and 1.5-2.5 cm across. It can grow erect or be creeping. There are 3-7 leaves and they have leaflets along the stalk. There are 7-13 leaflets on each side. They are narrowly sword shaped and 37 cm long by 5 cm wide. They are glossy underneath. The flowering stalk is erect and on a long stalk. The male stalks have 10-25 flowering branches and the female stalks have 8-15 branches. The fruit are oblong and 0.7-1 cm long by 6-8 mm wide. They are black.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
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| Sexuality |
dioecy
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
3.0
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland and mountain rainforest. It is often on limestone soils. It grows between 100-1300 m altitude.
| Light |
-
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| 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 flowers can be fried, cooked in soups or eaten in salads.
| Uses |
-
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| Edible
|
-
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| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
| Mode |
-
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| 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°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
22 - 32
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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