Characteristics
A slender palm. The trunk is light brown. It has indistinct rings. It grows 8 m high. The trunk is 10 cm across. The leaf crown forms a half circle. The leaves are 1.3-2 m long. The leaf stalks are 15 cm long. The leaflets are regularly spaced. They are 60 cm long. They are narrowly sword shaped. They are glossy deep green on both surfaces. The older leaflets hand down. The fruit are 1.2 cm wide. They are round and yellow.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
-
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
0.1
|
| Mature height (meter) |
8.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It grows in dry, evergreen forest in central Madagascar. It grows between 730-1300 m altitude. It can tolerate cold. It does best with light shade when young and can grow in full sun when mature.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
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Usage
The palm heart is bitter.
| Uses |
-
|
| Edible
|
-
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
|
| 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 |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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