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Classification
Johannesteijsmannia altrifrons (Rchb.f. & Zoll.) H.E.Moore
Nomenclature
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Genus: Johannesteijsmannia
Species:
Johannesteijsmannia altrifrons (Rchb.f. & Zoll.) H.E.Moore
Usage:
accepted
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name remarks:
Bang sun (บังสูรย์) (Bangkok); Palm khao lam tat (ปาล์มข้าวหลามตัด), Palm bang sun (ปาล์มบังสูรย์) (Peninsular); Li-pae (ลีแป) (Malay-Peninsular); Mak ta khap (หมากตะขาบ) (Narathiwat)
SUMMARY
Solitary acaulescent palm. Stem subterranean, procumbent to 15 cm diam. Leaves 20–30 in crown, large, erect; petiole up to 2.5 m long, armed with minute, up to 1 mm long spines; blade up to 3.5 m long and 1.8 m wide, with up to 20 or more folds on each side, glabrous below, with brown scales proximally on the costa. Inflorescence erect at first, eventually pendent, branched to the third order; peduncle 30–50 cm long; rachillae 20–100, 5–20 cm long, greenish with dense white tomentum. Flowers cream coloured and pointed in bud, 4–5 mm long. Fruit 4–5 cm diam., with 60–80, 0.6–0.8 cm long corky warts.