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Classification
Pholidocarpus macrocarpus Becc.
Nomenclature
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Genus: Pholidocarpus
SUMMARY
Palm tree up to 30 m tall. Stem 25–30 cm diam. Crown of 40–50 leaves. Leaf sheath dissolved in abundant, reddish brown, fibrous mesh, apically extended in up to 40 cm long ligule; petiole 1.6–2.5 m long, glossy dark green, abaxially with two longitudinal stripes, armed with straight 4–5(–7) cm long, basally swollen spines, distantly inserted and decreasing in length towards the distal end; blade untidy looking with age, up to 2 m across, divided almost to the hastula in 12–14, 3–4-folded segment groups; these again divided to 1/3–2/3 of the radius into single-folded segments, with stiff to eventually drooping tips. Inflorescence, peduncle and rachis more or less equal in length, 0.8–1 m; first order branches 5–7, rachillae numerous, 15–25 cm long. Fruit 10–12(–15) cm diam., corky-warty, brown at maturity.