| Phoenix caespitosa Chiov. |
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| Family : ARECACEAE |
| Protologue : Fl. Somala 1: 317 (1929) |
| Information on the genus : Phoenix |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Stemless palm, clustering and forming extensive thickets; leaves to 3 m long; leaflets up to 50 on each side of rachis, inserted in 1-2 planes of orientation; fruits spheroid-ovoid, 10-16 mm long and 8-12 mm in diameter, deep orange to purplish brown when ripe. |
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| Ecology : |
Grows in dry wadis, semi-desert bushland and rocky crevices up to 900 m in Somalia (Thulin, 1995) and up to 1950 m in Saudi Arabia (Collenette, 1985). |
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It may be also present in the Arabian Peninsula |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| Record n°33232 |
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