Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Areca triandra
Collector Name:
Melany H. Chapin
Collection Date:
January 1, 1998
Determiner:
John Dransfield (K) 22 Dec 1998
In Duplicate:
in duplicatef (K)
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Locality:
Lawai Valley, NTBG Maidenhair Falls Section, Rubiaceae Area. Between road and Rubiaceae trail.
Plant Description:
Small, multiple trunked feather palm 4.5 m ht., DBH 10 cm., trunk with pronounced leaf scars, each interval ca. 20 cm.; leaf sheath from base to pinnae ca. 75 cm, ca. 42 pinnae per leaf. Leaves dark green & glabrous upper & lower surfaces; imm. pistillate flowers at infl bases, mature staminate flwr nr distal ends. Pistl. flwrs creamy yellow, sweet fragrance. NTBG acc. #881472.003. Tree grown from seed obtained from the Palm Society: Hawaiian Seed bank #88 PS 599 from southern Thailand.
From Accession #:
881472.003
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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