Calyptrocalyx elegans

Calyptrocalyx (kah-lip-troh-KAH-liks) elegans (EHL-eh-ganz)
Las Marías, PR. Photo by Cindy Adair.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Calyptrocalyx (kah-lip-troh-KAH-liks) Species: elegans (EHL-eh-ganz)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
Oceania
Morphology
Habit: Solitary or clustering. Leaf type: Bifid or irregularly segmented with united pinnae or regularly pinnate.
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
Mara palm, fireball palm.

Habitat and Distribution

Calyptrocalyx elegans is found in New Guinea Rainforest, most of the 26 species of the genus

Calyptrocalyx are native to New Guinea, except one which comes from the Moluccas.

Description

Calyptrocalyx elegans is distinguished by a solitary or clustering habit, leaves that are bifid, or irregularly segmented with united pinnae or regularly pinnate, solitary-spiked inflorescence, ellipsoid fruit, and ruminate endosperm.

Trunk type: Solitary or clustering. A very small tropical palm. Leaf detail: Bifid split v-shaped leaf, often with some other divisions in the leaf, emergent new leaf, is bright red-orange, to maroon, other fine leaf forms occur, within the same species. Editing by edric.