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Adonidia dransfieldii K.M.Wong, Sugau & Y.W.Low
| Family Name: | Arecaceae (Palmae) |
Adonidia dransfieldii is a palm with solitary habit. Reaching up to 7 meters tall, it is endemic to Borneo and features a uniformly slender stem without vertical wavy striations across the internodes. This species was first discovered in 1998 from a single wild population in northern Borneo.
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Classifications and Characteristics
| Plant Division | Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) |
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| Plant Growth Form | Palm (Solitary Habit) |
| Maximum Height | 7 m |
Biogeography
| Native Distribution | Sabah |
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| Native Habitat | Terrestrial |
| Preferred Climate Zone | Tropical |
Description and Ethnobotany
| Growth Form | It is a solitary palm, up to 7 m tall. |
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| Trunk | Stem is ringed with leaf scars, without vertical-wavy striations across internodes. Crownshaft is pale green to yellow-green. |
| Foliage | Leaves are large (about 150 cm long), pinnate, upright and becoming curved at the tip. There are roughly 45 – 53 leaflets on each side of the leaf, each about 42 – 50 cm long and strongly curved. Rachis is covered in small gray-brown scales, which is smooth to touch. Petiole is 19 cm long where it is channeled on the upper surface and rounded on the lower surface. |
| Flowers | Inflorescence occurs outside the leaves, and branches up to 4 orders. It is 75 – 90 cm long, glabrous, white to pale green colour, and comprises of both male and female flowers. Male flower has 25 – 35 stamens, and mature before the female flowers. Female flower has 2 or 3 stigmas which are recurved at anthesis. |
| Fruit | Fruit is oval shaped (25 – 30 mm long and 14 – 18 mm diameter) and pointed at the base. It mature red with persistant perianth whorls. Fruit is slightly fleshy when fresh and become fibrous when dried. Seed is oval shaped (15 – 17 mm long and 13 – 14 mm diameter) and pointed apically. |
| Similar | Adonidia dransfieldii differ from Adonidia merrillii by having a more slender stem without vertical-wavy striations across the internodes. A. dransfieldii also has fewer stamens (25 – 35) in the male flower compared to A. merrillii which has more stamens (45 – 50). |
Plant Care and Propagation
| Light Preference | Full Sun |
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| Water Preference | Moderate Water |
| Plant Growth Rate | Moderate |
References
| References | Wong, K.M., Sugau, J.P. & Low. Y.W. . 2015. Adonidia dransfieldii, a threatened new palm from Sabah, Borneo. . PALMS. 59(1). 5-14 |
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| Master ID | 31012 |
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| Species ID | 5399 |
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