Pholidocarpus ihur Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Pholidocarpus

Characteristics

A robust palm. It has a single trunk. It has spines. The stem is erect and has close leaf scars. The leaves are fan like and the leaf stalk is 1-3 m long. It has a fattened base and spines. The blade is divided by shallower splits into 3-4 fold segments. These are divided further. The flowering stalk comes out amongst the leaves. It arches out from the crown. It is branched and about 1.5 m long. The flowers are yellow and without stalks. The fruit are about 6 cm across. They are brown. The fruit are corky and warty.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in Sulawesi, Maluku, and Ambon in Indonesia. It grows in the lowlands often in waterlogged soils.
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Usage

Starch can be extracted from the trunk.
Uses environmental use food material
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Pholidocarpus ihur world distribution map, present in Moldova (Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:668962-1
WFO ID wfo-0000269814
COL ID 4GLQV
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Synonyms

Pholidocarpus diepenhorstii Livistona diepenhorstii Borassus ihur Pholidocarpus ihur