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Palms
Pinanga rivularis |
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Synonymy:
None
Common Names:
None
Habitat:
Stream banks in Borneo rainforest.
Description:
A small palm to about 1.5m tall, which forms dense clumps.
Has narrow, dark green leaflets. It is a rheophyte,
(i.e. it grows in the flood plains of streams and rivers)
thus it is designed to offer minimum resistance to flood waters.
General:
Culture:
Warm, sheltered, and moist.
Figure 1. P. rivularis in habitat, Sarawak.
Figure 2. Note the very thin leaflets.
| Contributed by: | Rudy Meyer, www.palmseeds.com.au |
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