Areca vestiaria Giseke

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PALMS OF SULAWESI
Indonesia. Sulawesi Tengah: Sigi Regency, Kulawi District, Toro Village, forest just east of
village on steep slope, 01°29.393’S, 120°01.994’E, 880 m elevation. 29 September 2017.
Areca vestiaria Giseke	harao, puha
Stems solitary, 12 m tall, 9 cm diameter, with stilt roots at the base. Sheaths, swollen, 90 cm
long, bright orange-red; petioles 21 cm long; rachises 237 cm long; pinnae 24 per side of rachis,
regularly arranged. Inflorescences infrafoliar, whitish at anthesis.
A. Henderson, Ramadhanil Pitopang, Adhil, Said Tolao & Husein Tolao 4240
Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright
Scholar Award.
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