Palms   Pinanga salicifolia

Synonymy: P. canina Common Names: None Habitat: Borneo rainforest Description: Small, single trunked/suckering palm, to about 2m tall, with a very attractive chestnut coloured crownshaft. It has dimorphic leaves, with those on the young growths having numerous thin leaflets, and those on the mature plants having between 3 and 6 broad leaflets. Some plants don't change leaf shape as they mature, so the mature leaflets are also very thin. General: Very common in Borneo. Culture: Warm, sheltered and moist.

Figure 1. P. salicifolia , with mature and immature leaflet shapes.

Figure 2. P. salicifolia in habitat, Sarawak.

Figure 3. P. salicifolia infructescence.

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Rudy Meyer, www.palmseeds.com.au

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