Characteristics
A tall palm. It grows 25 m high. The trunk is smooth and slender. It is grey-brown and 30 cm across. The crown has 20 or more fronds. The fronds arch over and the leaflets stick upwards. The fronds can be 2.5 m long. The crown-shaft is long and fattened. It is light green-brown. The flowers come out below the crown-shaft. The flower stalk is compact and fans out like a horse's tail. It is creamy-yellow. The young fruit are red and become yellow to white when ripe. The fruit are small and 10 mm long. They are slightly curved.
| 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 |
-
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
25.0
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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 naturally on Viti Levu in Fiji. It usually grows on ridges between 300-600 m altitude. It probably needs planty of moisture, good drainage and good soil.
| 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
| 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
Plants can be grown from seed. Seed germinate readily within 2 months.
| Mode |
seedlings
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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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