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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.

Ecology :	Grows in extremely different habitats including seasonally inundated areas, riverine forest, and coastal savannahs and even in rain forest conditions (Barrow, 1998).
	Largement réparti en Afrique tropicale, du Sénégal jusqu’en Éthiopie et l’Afrique du Sud, aussi dans la Péninsule arabique ; planté ailleurs dans des régions tropicales et subtropicales

South. Afr.

Biol./Eco :

perennial-Tree, Shrub- Ht 1 - 7.5 m. Alt: 0 - 950 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, EC, KN, LP, MP, SWZ

Mada.

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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