Greater salak (Salacca magnifica)
Description
Acaulescent (without visible trunk.). The leaves of this palm are 5 meters long, by 70 centimeters wide, and sparsely divided along the margins, whitish grey abaxial (underside). They are a bright glossy green. The inflorescence arise from within the leaves. Fruit; pink.Very spectacular Salacca this species gets quite large can form entire leaves to 5m long underside whitish large spines run down the petiole to the base and will clump quite thick best in protected wet spot in subtropics likes a thick mulch fertilize in warmer months temperatures from 6.C to 35.C. (Utopis Palms & Cycads.com) 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: Salacca
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