Burretiokentia vieillardii (Burretiokentia vieillardii)
Description
Palm gregarious 10 to 20 m. high, trunk 10 to 18 cm. in diameter with conspicuous leaf scars, often adventitious roots at the base, sometimes forming several cones. Trunk type: Solitary, crownshaft, has spectacular pin stripes, Flower: emerges beneath crownshaft. Spread: To 4 meters. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, diametrically opposed pinnae, light green, erect, spanning over two meters in length. Crown holds 8 to 12 leaves, from 1.5 to 2.5 m. long, with petiole 4-20 cm.; leaf sheath, 40 to 100 cm., with a tomentum more or less dense, brown or grayish brown. Phenology (flower): Inflorescences 2-5, 40 - 70 cm. long, horizontal or pendulous, creamy white through to green fruit. Fruit ellipsoid, or more or less globose, 2 x 1 cm., purple when ripe, with a footprint more or less apical stigmatic. Brown tomentum, all other Burretiokentia species have white tomentum. (From the French, edric.) Editing by edric.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Arecales
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Family: Arecaceae
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Genus: Burretiokentia
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