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Pinanga tashiroi Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Pinanga

Characteristics

Stems clustered or solitary, to 5 m tall, to 5 cm or more in diam., swollen at bases. Leaves pinnate; sheaths closed and forming crownshafts, to 1 m, green with reddish brown scales; petioles to 60 cm; rachis to 1.5 m; pinnae many per side of rachis, green abaxially, linear, multi-veined, regularly arranged; middle pinnae to 60 × 2-2.5 cm. Inflorescences branched, pendulous; peduncles not seen; rachis not seen; rachillae ca. 30, to 21 cm, glabrous; triads distichously arranged, superficial on rachillae; male flowers 10-11 mm, deciduous; sepals connate into a 3-lobed calyx; petals to 10 mm; stamens 36-42; female flowers ca. 5 mm; sepals ca. 3 mm, rounded at apex, ciliate; petals ca. 3 mm, ciliate. Fruits red, ovoid to globose, to 1.8 × 1.2 cm.
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A palm. It grows less than 5 m tall. The trunk is 20 cm across. It is swollen at the base and grey-white. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are 2 m long. The leaves are deep green. The leaflets are narrow and 60 cm long by 2-2.5 cm wide. The sheath is 1 m long. The flowers are of separate sexes and on the same plant. The fruit is oval and 1.8 cm long by 1.2 cm across. They are deep red. They contain one seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature width (meter) 0.2
Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It occurs on Lanyu Island, Taiwan. It grows in lowland rain forests below 500 m above sea level.
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An understorey plant in lowland rain forest; at elevations up to 450 metres.
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Usage

The seeds are chewed as a substitute for betel nut.
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Pinanga tashiroi unspecified picture

Distribution

Pinanga tashiroi world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Pinanga tashiroi threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669161-1
WFO ID wfo-0000273813
COL ID 4HY3V
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pinanga tashiroi Pseudopinanga tashiroi
WorldFloraDB 2024