Pinanga baviensis

Pinanga (pih-NAHN-gah) baviensis (bah-vee-EN-sis)
North Vietnam. Photo by Christophe Sette.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Pinanga (pih-NAHN-gah) Species: baviensis (bah-vee-EN-sis)
Synonyms
1910 Pinanga discolor.
Native Continent
Asia
Morphology
Habit: Clustering & solitary. Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
变色山槟榔 bian se shan bin lang.

Habitat and Distribution

China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, and Vietnam. Lowland rain forests.

Vietnam. Photo: societepalmophilefrancophone.org

Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan (Vietnam).

Description

Stems clustered or solitary, to 5 m tall, and 2.5 m in diameter, caesepitose (growing in tufts or clumps). Leaves pinnate; cownshafts present, green with reddish scales; petioles to 33 cm long; rachis to 1 m long with 3-12 broad to narrow, curved leaflets per side, rarely leaves undivided. Inflorescences pendulous, with 2-5 (rarely 1) smooth flowering branches, 10-15 cm long; flowers and fruits arranged in 2 opposite rows along the flowering branches; fruit ellipsoid, to 205 cm long and 1 cm in diameter, red. (Dr. Andrew J. Henderson 2009) Editing by edric.

Stems clustered, to 5 m tall, 0.8-2.5 cm in diam., reddish brown. Leaves pinnate, rarely undivided; sheaths closed and forming crownshafts, 18-34 cm, green or yellowish green, with brown scales; petioles 7-33 cm; rachis 32-100 cm; pinnae (1-)3-12 per side of rachis, gray-green abaxially, falcate, not contracted at bases, multi-veined, regularly arranged, closely spaced; middle pinnae 30-39 × 3-7 cm. Inflorescences branched, pendulous; peduncles 2-3 cm, ca. 0.4 cm wide; rachis 0-0.5 cm; rachillae (1 or)2-5, 10-15 cm, zigzag, rectangular in cross section, glabrous; triads distichously arranged, superficial on rachillae; male flowers to 13 mm, deciduous; sepals to 3.5 mm, connate into a 3-lobed, flat, membranous calyx; petals to 12 mm, unequal, triangular, fleshy, acute; stamens 20 or 21; female flowers to 3 mm; sepals to 3 mm, imbricate, rounded at apices or briefly acuminate, smooth or ciliate; petals to 3 mm, smooth or ciliate. Fruits red, ellipsoid, to 2.5 × 0.8-1 cm. (efloras.org) Editing by edric.

Culture

Warm, sheltered, and moist. Cold Hardiness Zone: 10b