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
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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) |
30.0
|
| 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 in Sulawesi, Maluku, and Ambon in Indonesia. It grows in the lowlands often in waterlogged soils.
| 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
Starch can be extracted from the trunk.
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
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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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