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Caryota rumphiana Mart.

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AP SouthseaUKAP SouthseaUK

23 नवंबर 2023

Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, London, TW9 3AE

Caryota rumphiana Mart. Albert palm, Fishtale Palm (Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands) The native range of this species is Philippines to Papuasia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. Caryota rumphiana leaves have a distinctive fishtail shape and its flowers have been described as mop-like. It is monocarpic. These leaves are bipinnate with as many as 1,800 fan-shaped or wedge-shaped leaflets, each up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) long by six inches (15 cm) wide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryota_rumphiana https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/345581-Caryota-rumphiana https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:665630-1