Pinanga salicifolia

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Figure 1. P. salicifolia, with mature and immature leaflet shapes.

Synonymy:

P. canina

Habitat:

Borneo rainforest

Description:

Small, single trunked/suckering palm, to about 2m tall, with a very attractive chestnut coloured crownshaft. It has dimorphic leaves, with those on the young growths having numerous thin leaflets, and those on the mature plants having between 3 and 6 broad leaflets. Some plants don't change leaf shape as they mature, so the mature leaflets are also very thin.

General:

Very common in Borneo.

Culture:

Warm, sheltered and moist.

Figure 2. P. salicifolia in habitat, Sarawak.

Figure 3. P. salicifolia infructescence.

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Contributed by:

Rudy Meyer

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr, PalmTalk