Characteristics
A palm with a single trunk. It grows 26 m tall. The trunk is 30 cm across. There is a small group of slender roots at the base. There are 9-20 leaves. At the beginning they point upwards and then later spread out. They are 3-11 m long with 70-163 leaflets on each side. The flowering shoots are below the leaves and they hang down. The fruit are purple to black and narrowly oval. They are 3.5 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. They have one seed.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
monoecy
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
0.3
|
| Mature height (meter) |
26.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a tropical plant. It grows in swampy areas that are occasionally flooded.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
The fruit are used to extract an edible oil. The fruit are used to make a drink. It has a chocolate flavour. The flesh of the fruit can be eaten after the hard shell is removed.
| Uses |
oil
|
| Edible
|
fruits
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
|
| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
21 - 28
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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