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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Arecaceae: Ptychosperma
Classification 1	Arecaceae: Strongylocaryum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00057934
Type Status	Type
Collector	L. J. Brass
Collector number	2956
Country	Solomon Islands
Geography	Oceania: Papuasia (Region): Solomon Islands
Locality	Ulawa Island, slopes of the central mountain, 200-300 m.
Date Collected	1932
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/eac906c0-6f36-43a0-9b84-117a5326d5c0
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00057934
Herbarium	A
Family	Arecaceae
Determination	Ptychosperma salomonense Burret
Determined by	F. B. Essig
Determination Remarks	[is Current name]
Family	Arecaceae
Type Status	Type
Type of	Strongylocaryum macranthum Burret
Taxon Reference	(for Strongylocaryum macranthum Burret) Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 1936. 13: 96.
Sex	not determined
Phenology	NotDetermined
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed


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Remarks

Very slender palm attaining 6 m. with stem diameter of 5-6 cm., leaf scars broad; leaves usually ca. 6, spreading, petiole ca. 60 cm. long, lamina 1.5 m., pinnae 16-20 each side of rachis, scattered towards base, nearly opposite towards apex, leaf sheath 45 cm. long, striate, sprinkled with loose gray mealy tomentum, a broad yellow strip on upper part 8-10 cm.; inflorescence 2 panicles close below leaves, divaricate, ca. 60 cm. long & broad, with 10-12 lateral branches; seed eaten as a substitute for betel-nut; common. = Ptychosperma salomonense Burret, det. F. B. Essig, 1975