Characteristics
A solitary palm. It grows 10-12 m tall. The trunk is 12-15 cm across. The leaves are 2.5 m long and have leaflets along the stalk. The sheaths are 1.1 m long and purplish-green with a silvery coating. There are 35-45 leaflets on each side of the stalk. They are regularly arranged and are narrow. The flowering shoot comes from amongst the leaves and is drooping. The fruit are oval and 12-17 mm long by 8-12 mm wide. They are green and ripen to blackish-red.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
-
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| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
-
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
0.12 - 0.15
|
| Mature height (meter) |
11.0 - 12.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a tropical plant. It grows in Bali. It grows in mountain rainforests on very steep hillsides between 1,100-1,400 m above sea level.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| 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
The young fruit are used as a substitute for betel nut.
| Uses |
-
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| Edible
|
fruits
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seeds.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| 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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