Pinanga aristata

(Pinanga aristata)

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Description

Small, mottled leaved palm, usually pinnate, however, there is a form with simple leaves. Although a clumping palm, it is usually single stemmed, with small basal suckers. New leaves have a distinctive reddish or purplish tinge.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Arecales
Family:Arecaceae
Genus:Pinanga
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