Easily recognized by its common, though not invariable, habit of branching.
A dioecious palm
Life form | perennial | ||||||||||||
Growth form | tree | ||||||||||||
Growth support | free-standing | ||||||||||||
Foliage retention | evergreen | ||||||||||||
Sexuality | dioecy | ||||||||||||
Pollination | - | ||||||||||||
Spread | - | ||||||||||||
Mature width (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
Mature height (meter) | 10.0 - 15.0 | ||||||||||||
Root system | - | ||||||||||||
Rooting depth (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
Root diameter (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
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Fruiting months | - | ||||||||||||
Nitrogen fixer | - | ||||||||||||
Photosynthetic pathway | c3 |
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Soil texture | |
Soil acidity | |
Soil nutriment | - |
Hardiness (USDA) |
Uses | animal food charcoal dye environmental use fiber fodder food food additive fuel gene source material medicinal social use timber wood |
Edible | fruits leaves nuts roots seeds stems |
Therapeutic use | Diaphoretic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flux (unspecified), Heart (unspecified), Styptic (unspecified), Taenifuge (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Bilharzia (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Gastritis (unspecified), Hematuria (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified) |
Human toxicity | - |
Animal toxicity | - |
Mode | seedlings |
Germination duration (days) | - |
Germination temperacture (C°) | - |
Germination luminosity | - |
Germination treatment | - |
Minimum temperature (C°) | 1 |
Optimum temperature (C°) | 26 - 36 |
Size | - |
Vigor | - |
Productivity | - |
LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:667540-1 |
WFO ID | wfo-0000216304 |
COL ID | 3NRL4 |
BDTFX ID | - |
INPN ID | - |
Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
Wikipedia (FR) | Link |