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Caryota sympetala |
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Caryota sympetala
- a clumping species from Lao PDR and Vietnam.
Again it looks like a juvenile of
C. mitis
until it flowers.
Its inflorscences are shorter, fatter and altogether more massive than
C. mitis
, yet they are borne on a short (rarely more than 1.5 m tall)
slender stem. There are also good differences in the flowers and fruit.
I have seen this species growing along rivers in seasonal forest
at c. 700 m elevation in Lao.
(from a posting to the IPS's Palm Talk, by Dr. John Dransfield). |
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