Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) A.Henry

Species

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Characteristics

Stems clustered, rhizomatous, forming large, loose colonies, to 3 m tall, to 1.5 cm in diam., covered with persistent, fibrous leaf sheaths. Leaf sheaths with coarse, black fibers producing a square mesh; ligules not persistent; blades not split to base, divided into 2-13 segments, these with ± straight sides and jagged apices, to 40 × 7 cm, outermost narrowest. Inflorescences borne among leaves, branched to 2 or 3 orders; bracts tubular, sheathing; rachis to 26 cm; rachillae to 11 cm, glabrous; male flowers to 6 mm; sepals united into a tubular, 3-lobed calyx; petals united into a tubular corolla with a 3-lobed, valvate apex; stamens 6, borne in 2 series; filaments keeled adaxially; female flowers similar to but shorter than male. Fruits developing from 1 carpel, yellow, globose to ellipsoid, to 1 × 0.8 cm.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 2.75 - 3.5
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Scattered localities in lowland forests or dry forests, on slopes; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
Light 4-7
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Flux (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings or suckers.
Mode seedlings suckers
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Images

Leaf

Rhapis excelsa leaf picture by Chee Keong Chan (cc-by-sa)
Rhapis excelsa leaf picture by Chee Keong Chan (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Rhapis excelsa world distribution map, present in Brazil, China, Japan, Pakistan, Thailand, United States of America, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669577-1
WFO ID wfo-0000296167
COL ID 6WTJX
BDTFX ID 79695
INPN ID 447771
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Synonyms

Rhapis divaricata Chamaerops excelsa Rhapis major Rhapis javanica Rhapis kwamwonzick Trachycarpus excelsus Chamaerops excelsa var. gracilis Rhapis flabelliformis var. variegata Trachycarpus excelsus var. fortunei Rhapis excelsa