Salacca flabellata

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Salacca (SAH-lahk-kah)
flabellata (flah-BEL-laht-ah)
Salacca flabellata specimen.jpg
Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Gardens, Thailand. Photo by Paul Craft.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Salacca (SAH-lahk-kah)
Species:
flabellata (flah-BEL-laht-ah)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
Asia
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Morphology
Habit: Clustering (soboliferous)
Leaf type: Entire leaf bifid
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
None.

Habitat and Distribution

Peninsular Malaysia.
S. flabellata in cultivation, showing the characteristic silvery grey leaf underside. Utopia Palms & Cycads, Qeensland Australia. Photo by Clayton York.

Description

Small understory acaulecsant palm with entire, deeply bifid leaves that stand upright. The leaves are up to 1.3 metres tall, of which about half is petiole. The upper leaf surface is glossy green, while the underside is silvery grey, and the new growth is a very attractive greyish pink. Similar in appearance to S. sarawakensis. Editing by edric.

Culture

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

Comments and Curiosities

They have only ever found male plants of this species, and the inflorescences are produced at ground level. These often lean over and form roots where they touch the ground, thus starting new plants.



External Links

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

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

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

Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).


Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.

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