Palmilla (Synechanthus warscewiczianus)
Description
Understorey palm. Stems clustered, monoecious, to 4 m tall and 3.5 cm in diameter, rarely taller. Leaves with blade to 150 cm long, divided into 6-32 unequal to nearly equal, sigmoid to falcate pinnae on each side, the central ones 40-60 x 1.5-40 cm; leaf axis green and smooth. Inflorescence once branched, to 80 cm long, with up to 75, long and slender, spreading branches. Flowers minute, yellow, arranged in linear groups of 5-13 male flowers above a basal female one. Fruits ellipsoid, about 2 cm long, yellow to orange, turning bright red at full maturity, very soft when ripe. (Borchsenius, F. 1998)/Palmweb. Editing by edric.Stems usually cespitose, rarely solitary and with basal buds obviously suppressed, up to 5-6 m high and 5 cm in diameter, often much smaller, with internodes 6-8 cm long. Leaves up to ca 1.7 m long, with 2-31 pinnae on each side; rarely uniform pinnae, generally 1-17-nerves and disjuncts, pinnae medium up to ca 57 cm long and 2.3 cm wide or wider. Inflorescences with simple branches, basal pulvinus not very enlarged and not embraced by bracts; acervuli with (3-) 6-13 staminate flowers, stamens 3, absent pistilodium; staminodes generally present in pistillate flowers. Fruits 1.5-3.2 cm long. (Flora of Nicaragua)
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Arecales
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Family: Arecaceae
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Genus: Synechanthus
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