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Linospadix microcaryus (Domin) Burret

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Linospadix

Characteristics

Clustering palm to 3 m tall; stems to 2.5 cm diam. Leaves 5–9, to 70 cm long, irregularly or regularly paripinnate; leaf sheath green, moderately fibrous on margins; petiole 1–23 cm long. Pinnae 2–12 each side of rachis, single or united, lax, to 37 cm long, 1–8 mm wide, light green to mid green adaxially, lighter green abaxially; veins raised on both surfaces. Inflorescence to 90 cm long; peduncle to 40 cm long; rachis to 40 cm long. Staminate flowers symmetric, globose to broadly bullet-shaped, to 2–5 mm long, cream to dull yellow; stamens 8–12, with connective not extending beyond anther. Fruit globose to turbinate, 5–9 mm long, 5–8 mm wide, yelloworange, or pink to red.
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A clumping palm up to 2 m high. The stem are very slender. The leaves are compound and alternate. They are 40-60 cm long. There are 4-12 leaflets and these are 10-25 cm long. The leaflets are in pairs and well spaced and irregular shaped. The fruit is 7-8 mm long by 5-8 mm wide. The fruit are pink to red when ripe. They occur on spikes which are 30-40 cm long. These hang as long strings from the axils of the leaves. There is one seed inside. The flesh of the fruit is edible.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Environment

Tropical. It grows naturally in rainforest in NE Queensland in Australia. It grows in the understorey. It needs a protected shady position. In north Queensland it grows between sea level and 1600 m altitude.
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Usually ongranitic soils, in rainforest from near sea-level to 1600 m alt. 
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Seed germinate in 4-6 months. Plants can also be grown from suckers.
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Distribution

Linospadix microcaryus world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:667999-1
WFO ID wfo-0000227878
COL ID 3V47H
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Synonyms

Bacularia microcarya Linospadix microcaryus Bacularia sessilifolia Linospadix sessilifolius Bacularia sessilifolia var. multisecta
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