Name
Classifications and Characteristics
Plant Division | Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) |
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Plant Growth Form | Palm (Solitary Habit) |
Maximum Height | 7 m |
Biogeography
Native Distribution | Sabah |
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Native Habitat | Terrestrial |
Preferred Climate Zone | Tropical |
Description and Ethnobotany
Growth Form | It is a solitary palm, up to 7 m tall. |
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Trunk | Stem is ringed with leaf scars, without vertical-wavy striations across internodes. Crownshaft is pale green to yellow-green. |
Foliage | Leaves are large (about 150 cm long), pinnate, upright and becoming curved at the tip. There are roughly 45 – 53 leaflets on each side of the leaf, each about 42 – 50 cm long and strongly curved. Rachis is covered in small gray-brown scales, which is smooth to touch. Petiole is 19 cm long where it is channeled on the upper surface and rounded on the lower surface. |
Flowers | Inflorescence occurs outside the leaves, and branches up to 4 orders. It is 75 – 90 cm long, glabrous, white to pale green colour, and comprises of both male and female flowers. Male flower has 25 – 35 stamens, and mature before the female flowers. Female flower has 2 or 3 stigmas which are recurved at anthesis. |
Fruit | Fruit is oval shaped (25 – 30 mm long and 14 – 18 mm diameter) and pointed at the base. It mature red with persistant perianth whorls. Fruit is slightly fleshy when fresh and become fibrous when dried. Seed is oval shaped (15 – 17 mm long and 13 – 14 mm diameter) and pointed apically. |
Similar | Adonidia dransfieldii differ from Adonidia merrillii by having a more slender stem without vertical-wavy striations across the internodes. A. dransfieldii also has fewer stamens (25 – 35) in the male flower compared to A. merrillii which has more stamens (45 – 50). |
Plant Care and Propagation
Light Preference | Full Sun |
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Water Preference | Moderate Water |
Plant Growth Rate | Moderate |
References
References | Wong, K.M., Sugau, J.P. & Low. Y.W. . 2015. Adonidia dransfieldii, a threatened new palm from Sabah, Borneo. . PALMS. 59(1). 5-14 |
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Others
Master ID | 31012 |
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Species ID | 5399 |
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