Iguanura bicornis

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Figure 1. I. bicornis

Common Names:

Horned Seed Palm.

Distribution & Habitat:

Endemic to the mountainious rainforests of peninsular Malaysia at about 800m elevation.

Description:

A small, clustering understory palm . It has glossy widely-spaced fishtail-shaped leaflets and the fruits have two horn-like lobes on one end.

Culture:

Warm, sheltered and moist. Tropics or warm sub-tropics.

Figure 2. I. bicornis

Contributed by:

Clayton York, [Utopia Palms & Cycads] (Figure 1&2)

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, eMonocot, JSTOR, Trebrown

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