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File:Salacca_dransfieldiana.jpg|Semagoh National Park, Sarawak. Photo by Phillip Arrowsmith.
 
File:Salacca_dransfieldiana.jpg|Semagoh National Park, Sarawak. Photo by Phillip Arrowsmith.
 
File:Salacca_dransfieldiana02.jpg|In cultivation, SE Queensland. Photo by Clayton York, 'Utopia Palms & Cycads'
 
File:Salacca_dransfieldiana02.jpg|In cultivation, SE Queensland. Photo by Clayton York, 'Utopia Palms & Cycads'
 
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Revision as of 21:23, 10 June 2017

Salacca (SAH-lahk-kah)
dransfieldiana
(dransfield'-ee-AHN-ah)
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Kiu, Meratus Mountains, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Salacca (SAH-lahk-kah)
Species:
dransfieldiana
(dransfield'-ee-AHN-ah)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
Oceania
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Morphology
Habit: Solitary
Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
None.

Habitat and Distribution

Salacca dransfieldiana is
Kiu, Meratus Mountains, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.
Endemic to Borneo.

Description

A small, clustering palm, with simple notched leaves. It is dioecious, but female plants are unknown, so it is thought that all the existing plants are vegetative offspring of male plants.

Culture

Warm, sheltered and moist. Can tolerate temperatures down to 3°C., but will sustain significant damage. Cold Hardiness Zone: 10a

Comments and Curiosities

This is an extremely rare palm which very little is known. Indigenous to Borneo. It is perhaps best described as resembling a very dwarf version of Salacca magnifica. The most interesting feature or fact concerning this palm is that it is dioecious, meaning for seeds a male and a female plant are necessary. There are no female plants known to exist, so, as in the case of ours, all the existing plants are vegetated offspring of a single parent.


External Links

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.

Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.

Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).


Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.

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