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Pinanga caesia (Pinanga caesia)

Description

A medium sized, solitary palm with a slender, ringed trunk, and a purple or orange crownshaft to about 3 m. It has an upright crown of lightly arching leaves with drooping leaflets. The leaf undersides and rhachis has an unusual bluish/violet colour.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Tracheophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Arecales

            • Family: Arecaceae

              • Genus: Pinanga