Actinorhytis calapparia
Also known as Calappa palm
Actinorhytis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in Oceania and southeast Asia. The lone species, Actinorhytis calapparia (commonly known as calappa palm) is a rain forest inhabitant and has very large fruit. The genus name is from two Greek words meaning 'ray' and 'fold' which describe the endosperm of the seed.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderArecales
- FamilyArecaceae
Native toBismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
Observations12
via GBIF · Kew POWO
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Actinorhytis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in Oceania and southeast Asia. The lone species, Actinorhytis calapparia (commonly known as calappa palm) is a rain forest inhabitant and has very large fruit. The genus name is from two Greek words meaning 'ray' and 'fold' which describe the endosperm of the seed.
==Description== The species is solitary trunked, reaching in height, and is relatively slender, usually no wider than . At the base, the white to tan trunks are anchored by a large, conical mass of aerial roots and are topped by a distinct crownshaft, slightly bulging at the base. The leaf crown is sparse but spherical, each arching leaf is around long with pinnately arranged leaflets which are dark green in colour. The leaflets are closely and regularly arranged along the rachis and the abaxially rounded petiole is usually long in youth but shorter in maturity.