Saribus merrillii (Becc.) C.D.Bacon & W.J.Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Saribus

Characteristics

A small palm with fan shaped leaves. The trunk is 18 m high. It is 25 cm across. The leaves are entire in their central part and divided around the edges. The leaves of adult plants are spiny. The flowers are singly and relatively large. They are 4 to 4.5 mm long. The fruit are round and 22 to 23 mm across. They have a very dark brown polished surface. The young fruit are oblong and narrow towards the base.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 18.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Forests and thickets, usually forming groves along the dipterocarp (Shorea) forests and on the rocky limestone hills near the seashore; at elevations from 60-200 metres.
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A tropical plant. They are widely distributed in the forested areas of the Philippines. It grows in clearings in rainforest. In Townsville Palmetum.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

Usage

The bud is cooked and eaten.
Uses environmental use food material
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Saribus merrillii world distribution map, present in Philippines

Conservation status

Saribus merrillii threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77116516-1
WFO ID wfo-0000922790
COL ID 6XNYD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Livistona blancoi Livistona merrillii Livistona whitfordii Saribus merrillii