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| Family : ARECACEAE |
| Protologue : Fragm. Bot. 1: 27. t. 24 (1800) |
| Information on the genus : Phoenix |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Phoenix abyssinica Drude (1894) |
| =Phoenix dybowskii A. Chev. ex A. Chev. |
| =Phoenix reclinata var. somalensis Chiov. |
| =Phoenix spinosa Schumach. & Thonn. |
| =Phoenix baoulensis A. Chev. (1952) |
| =Phoenix djalonensis A. Chev. (1952) |
| =Phoenix comorensis Becc. (1906) |
| =Phoenix reclinata var. comorensis (Becc.) Jum. & H. Perrier (1945) |
| =Phoenix reclinata var. madagascariensis Becc. (1906) |
| =Fulchironia senegalensis Lesch. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Clustering palm often forming extensive thickets; stem 10-12 m long; leaves arcuate, 2-3.5 m long; leaflets 80-130 on each side of rachis, regularly arranged distally in one plane of orientation but medial and basally arranged in groups of 3-5; fruits ovoid-ellipsoid to almost obovoid, 13-20 mm long and 7-13 mm in diameter, yellow to bright orange when ripe. |
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| Ecology : |
Grows in extremely different habitats including seasonally inundated areas, riverine forest, and coastal savannahs and even in rain forest conditions (Barrow, 1998). |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Tree, Shrub- Ht 1 - 7.5 m. Alt: 0 - 950 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, EC, KN, LP, MP, SWZ |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Shrub; Humid, Subhumid, Dry, Subarid; Grassland, Wooded Grassland, Forest; 0-499 m, 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Comoros, Africa, |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Fl. W. Trop. Afr., ed. 2 3(1): 169 (1968).
- Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Palmae : 15 (1986).
- Scripta Bot. Belg. 4: 107 (1993).
- Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 6: 515 (1997).
- Pl. Mt Cameroon : 180 (1998).
- Bases Doc. Fl. Guinea Equat. : 375 (1999).
- S. Afr. Bot. Div. Network Report 30: 120 (2004).
- S. Afr. Bot. Div. Network Report 33: 85 (2004).
- S. Afr. Bot. Div. Network Report 32: 106 (2005).
- Check-list Pl. Vasc. Gabon : 321 (2006).
- Strelitzia 22: 173 (2008).
- Fl. Rép. Guinée : 384 (2009).
- Fl. Zambes. 13(2): 49 (2010).
- Boissiera 65: 34 (2012).
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 120-121 (1985).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°33227 modified 2009-07-01 |
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