Characteristics
A tall and slender palm. It grows 16 m high. The trunk is 25 cm across. The trunk is smooth and grey with widely spaced rings of leaf base scars. The trunk has a swollen base. The leaf crown is 5 m wide and nearly round. The leaves are 3 to 4 m long and leaflets along each side of the stalk. The fronds curve over. They are dark green. The leaflets are long and tapering. They are 1 m long. The young fronds are pale pink. The leaflets grow in a flat plane but the leaf is twisted in its mid length. The fruiting stalk is 1.3 m long. Numerous small round fruit are borne on stalks. They are 1-2 cm across. The fruit are white. The clusters hang among the leaves.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
-
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
0.25
|
| Mature height (meter) |
11.5 - 12.5
|
| 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 is cold sensitive. It suits lowland tropical regions. They are widely distributed in the Philippines. It is also cultivated because it is ornamental. In Townsville palmetum.
| 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) |
|
Usage
The bud is cooked and eaten. The nut is sometimes used as a betel substitute.
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed. Seed germinate in 2-3 months.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| 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°) |
-
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| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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