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Prestoea decurrens (Prestoea decurrens)

Description

Prestoea decurrens is an evergreen palm, usually forming a small cluster of stems and growing from 1.4 - 7 metres tall, exceptionally to 10 metres. The unbranched stems can be 3 - 12cm in diameter; they are topped by crowns of 4 - 10 leaves The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Arecales

            • Family: Arecaceae

              • Genus: Prestoea