Characteristics
A tall palm. It grows 35 m high. The trunk is less than 25 cm across. The trunk is light grey to white. It has closely spaced rings of leaf scars. The trunk is expanded at the base. The crown-shaft is 1 m long and light or silvery green. It is slightly bulged at the base. The leaf crown is rounded with 15-18 leaves. The leaves are 2.3 m long with 25 cm long stalks. The leaves arch over and curve back at the tips. The leaflets are 1 m long and narrowly sword shaped. They are olive green above and greyish-green underneath. They are stiff and divide at the tips. They grow at an angle forming a V shape. The fruit are 2 cm long by 0.7-0.8 cm wide. They are orange or yellow.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
-
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
31.0
|
| 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 |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It grows in mountainous rainforest. It grows between 100-1,060 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 fruit is eaten. The palm heart is eaten.
| Uses |
food
|
| Edible
|
fruits
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
|
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°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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