WorldFloraDB - Geonoma deversa

Characteristics

A palm that forms clumps. The stems can be 2-5 m tall. They are 1-3 cm wide. The leaf stalks are 10-46 cm long. The leaves have leaflets. They are 30-90 cm long with 2-30 leaflets on each side. The fruit are 0.5-0.7 cm long.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	monoecy
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Mature height (meter)	2.5 - 5.0
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Environment

Understorey of lowland to premontane rain forest; mainly on well-drained soils, rarely in seasonally inundated areas; usually at elevations up to 600 metres, occasionally ascending to 1,200 metres.

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It is a tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 500 m above sea level.

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Usage

The plant is burnt for vegetable salt.

Uses	environmental use material medicinal social use
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

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