Characteristics
A slender and very small palm. It can grow to 10 m tall. The trunk is 10 cm across. The crown-shaft is 1 m long and dull green. The leaves have many segments and are very unequal. They have one to many ribs. The leaves are 3 m long. They are uniform dark green on the upper surface or slightly mottled. The leaf tips are divided. The flower is a spike around a central axis with the branches arranged in a spiral. The fruit is arranged in 2 rows. They are 8 to 20 mm by 13 mm. The seed is spherical with a horizontal embryo.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
-
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
0.1
|
| Mature height (meter) |
10.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. They occur in damp primary forests at low and medium altitudes and up to 1200 m in the Philippines. It grows in tropical and subtropical regions.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
|
Usage
The bud is cooked and eaten.
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 |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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