Calyptrocalyx pachystachys

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Big Island, Hawaii.

Calyptrocalyx
(ka-lip'-tro-KAH-lix) pachystachys
(pak-ih-STAHK-iss)

Hawaii.

Scientific Classification

Genus:	Calyptrocalyx (ka-lip'-tro-KAH-lix)
Species:	pachystachys (pak-ih-STAHK-iss)

Synonyms

None set.

Native Continent

Oceania

Morphology

Habit:	Solitary
Leaf type:	Pinnate

Culture

Survivability index

Common names

Bedang Dawn Noda Noda.

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Habitat and Distribution

Rainforests, of Papua New Guinea.

Description

Narrow ringed trunk, with slender crownshaft. Hight: To nearly 2 meters. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, alternately opposed, widely spaced, elliptical leaflets, with finely drawn out tips, and a midrib, which tends to hold the pinnae perpendicular to the rachis, reddish maroon, new emergent leaf. Editing by edric.

Culture

Requirements: Full to partial shade when young, then filtered light when mature, consistently moist soil, well drained position.

Comments and Curiosities

External Links

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos, edric.

Special thanks to palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos, edric.

IMAGE GALLERY
Photo by Gina, FL. edric.	Photo by Kyle Wicomb, FL. edric.	Big Island, Hawaii.
		Hawaii.	Mottled leaf form, photo by Chalermchart Soorangura, edric.
Nong Nooch II, Prachinburi, Thailand. photo by Dr. Scott Zona, edric.	Caguas, Caguas, PR. photo by Jardin Boricua, edric.	Mottled leaf form, photo By Allegro con brio, edric.	Hawaii.
Hawaii.	Hawaii, photo by BGL, edric.	Hawaii, photo by BGL, edric.	Hawaii, photo by BGL, edric.
QLD. Australia, photo by Utopia Palms & Cycads, edric.	Thailand. Photo by Philippe Alvarez, edric.