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Classification
Iguanura wallichiana (Mart.) Becc.
Nomenclature
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Genus: Iguanura
Species:
Iguanura wallichiana (Mart.) Becc.
Usage:
accepted
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name remarks:
Mak tok bai yai (หมากตอกใบใหญ่) (Narathiwat); Mareng (เมร็ง) (Trang)
SUMMARY
Small, caespitose, shrubby, understorey palm to 3 m tall. Stems 2.5–3.5 cm diam. Leaves 6–10 per stem, pinnate, rarely undivided, spreading; sheaths to 25 cm long, tubular, persistent, marescent, not forming a crownshaft; petiole to 15 cm long; rachis to 2 m long; pinnae (1–)3–8(–30) per side, to 50 x (1.3–)2.5–25(–80) cm, variously oblong, sides and nerves parallel, apical margin praemorse. Inflorescences 1–3 per stem, interfoliar, to 75 cm long; peduncle to 40 cm long, ascending; rachis to 10 cm long; rachillae 6–15, to 30 cm long, spreading. Fruit 1.8–3 x (0.8–)1.5–2 cm, long-ovoid, pinkish to red.