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==Habitat and Distribution== | ==Habitat and Distribution== | ||
| − | + | Endemic to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, where it grows in dry forests, and in open spaces along the small rivers and streams, up to an altitude of about 600 meters. | |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | + | Solitary trunk, monoecious, (both sexes on one plant), monocarpic, (inflorescence is terminal, dies after it flowers), which means it has only one chance to bear fruit, (like Caryota genus). Up to 6 meters tall, with a diameter of 70 cm., old leaves form a skirt, costapalmate, ascendant, (upright), with leaf tips slightly drooping, gray-green in color, the leaf itself about 2 meters long, on a 6 meter long, armed petiole, with 1 cm long thorns, green with black borders, and unsplit at the base, with about a 3 meter spread, 10 meter tall inflorescence, on a 2 meter tall penduncle, with whitish flowers, the blossom occurs when the tree is between 40 and 60 years old, when it has stored a great deal of starches, that are converted to sugars, in order to produce the massive inflorescence, fruit is globular, 7-8 cm long, and brownish in color. | |
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
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Contents
Habitat and Distribution
Endemic to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, where it grows in dry forests, and in open spaces along the small rivers and streams, up to an altitude of about 600 meters.
Description
Solitary trunk, monoecious, (both sexes on one plant), monocarpic, (inflorescence is terminal, dies after it flowers), which means it has only one chance to bear fruit, (like Caryota genus). Up to 6 meters tall, with a diameter of 70 cm., old leaves form a skirt, costapalmate, ascendant, (upright), with leaf tips slightly drooping, gray-green in color, the leaf itself about 2 meters long, on a 6 meter long, armed petiole, with 1 cm long thorns, green with black borders, and unsplit at the base, with about a 3 meter spread, 10 meter tall inflorescence, on a 2 meter tall penduncle, with whitish flowers, the blossom occurs when the tree is between 40 and 60 years old, when it has stored a great deal of starches, that are converted to sugars, in order to produce the massive inflorescence, fruit is globular, 7-8 cm long, and brownish in color.
Culture
Curiosities
External Links
References
Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos, edric.
- IMAGE GALLERY
Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.