Giant window pane palm (Reinhardtia latisecta)
Description
A medium sized clustering palm 8-9 stems, between 3-8 metres high. The bright green, irregularly divided leaves, that sometimes have small "windows" (occasional Fenestrations) between the ribs on each side of the rachis. One of the larger Reinhardtia. Editing by edric.Stems clustered, in clumps of 8-9, to 8 m tall, and 6-7 cm in diameter. Leaves about 10 in the crown, petiole to 45 cm long; blade 1-1.5 m long, with 2-3 broad compound leaflets, the apical one much broader than the others, all with small windows between the folds on either side of the rachis. Inflorescences longer than leaves. with a long peduncle; flowering branches 15-19; fruit ellipsoid or ovoid, 1.7 cm long, purple-black; seed with deeply ruminate endosperm. (Dr. Andrew J. Henderson)Clustering palm (to: 8 m), slender ringed trunk (diameter: 6.5 cm). Leaves irregularly paripinnate (length: 12-30 cm), consisting of 2-3 cuneiform pinnae (long: 60 cm, width: 15 cm), petiole glabrescent (length: 35-45 cm). Flowers monoecious, grouped in panicles, axillary and interlayer compounds (length: 20 cm), with 24 male stamens. Inflorescences much longer than the leaves, stem length, divided into 15-19 rachillae, flowers are white, slightly elliptical, red, then mature, black-purple, fruits ellipsoid to obovoid (length: 17 mm, diameter: 11 mm). (From the French and Spanish).
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: Reinhardtia
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