Pinanga coronata Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Pinanga

Characteristics

A palm which produces a cluster of stems. It grows to 5-8 m tall. These trunks are slender and about 10 cm across. They are yellow. The crown-shaft is prominent. It is pale yellow. The fronds hang over. Each frond is bright green and has leaflets along the stalk. The segments are moderately broad. They overlap each other. They have prominent ribbed veins. The leaflet segments vary in size. New leaflets are sometimes pink. The crown-shaft is swollen. The flower stalks come from below the crown-shaft. The fruit occur in clusters. They are small, oval and red when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.75 - 8.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions. It grows in lowland and mountain rainforest up to 1,800 m above sea level. It grows best in shade but can stand sun once established. It needs plenty of water. It does best in humid conditions and rich soil. In Brisbane Botanical Gardens. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens. In Townsville palmetum.
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An understorey plant, growing on very steep hillsides in montane forest and flat areas in lowland forest; at elevations from sea level to 1,800 metres
Light 1-6
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

The nut is sometimes used as a betel substitute.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits nuts seeds shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It is grown from seed. The small seeds germinate quickly if fresh. Plants can also be grown from suckers.
Mode seedlings suckers
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Pinanga coronata unspecified picture

Distribution

Pinanga coronata world distribution map, present in Andorra and Fiji

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669052-1
WFO ID wfo-0000273666
COL ID 4HXXW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 784290
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Areca coronata Pinanga coronata Pinanga costata Ptychosperma costatum Seaforthia coronata Seaforthia costata Seaforthia kuhlii Seaforthia montana Seaforthia reinwardtiana Areca costata Pinanga noxa Pinanga sumatrana Ptychosperma album Ptychosperma noxa Pinanga kuhlii Ptychosperma coronatum Areca oriziformis var. gracilis Pinanga coronata var. teijsmannii Pinanga kuhlii var. alba Pinanga kuhlii var. sumatrana Ptychosperma kuhlii