Licuala bayana (Licuala bayana)
Description
Stemless, clusteing with 2-5 subdominant shoots. Leaves 4-8 per shoot. Petiole 242 cm long, spines ca. 1/2 of petiole; segments 3-7, mid-segment much larger than the rest. Infructescence ca. perpendicular to vertical axis. Young fruits bright pink, large to 2 cm across, globose to ovoid. Note that sometimes all the ovary in a flower developed into fruits. Logged over forest Lowland Dipterocarp forest Very common, especially in swampy areas.
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: Licuala
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