Calyptrocalyx elegans
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Habitat and Distribution
Most of the 26 species of the genus Calyptrocalyx are native to New Guinea, except one which comes from the Moluccas. New Guinea Rainforest.
Description
Trunk type: Clustering. A very small tropical palm. Leaf detail: Bifid split v-shaped leaf, with few other divisions in the leaf, emergent new leaf, is bright red-orange, to maroon, other fine leaf forms occur, within the same species.
Culture
Curiosities
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