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Flame palm (Calyptrocalyx polyphyllus)

Description

Trunk type: Clustering, not to dense. Leaf detail: Pinnately compound, alternately opposed, elliptical leaflets, with finely drawn out tips, and a midrib, which tends to hold the pinnae perpendicular to the rachis, reddish maroon, new emergent leaf, approximately 25-30 pinnae per frond, approximately 1 meter long. Hight: To 4 meters.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Arecales

            • Family: Arecaceae

              • Genus: Calyptrocalyx