Characteristics
A solitary palm. They do not have thorns. The stems are 15 m tall and 25 cm across. The leaves are feathery. They are dark green and spreading with leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are regularly arranged and narrow. They have a long crown-shaft. The flowering stalk comes from below the crown-shaft. The flowers are of one sex but both sexes occur on the one plant. The flowers are yellow. The fruit is black and 1.2 cm across. Each fruit contains a single seed.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
-
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
26.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. They grow as understorey plants in lowland rainforests and along streams. They need good drainage.
| 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
The embryo of the young fruit is eaten.
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed. Fresh seed take about 3 months to germinate.
| 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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