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2. Livistona rotundifolia (Lamarck) Martius in C. F. P. von Martius et al., Historia Naturalis Palmarum. 3: 241, plate 102. 1838.

Footstool palm

Corypha rotundifolia Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 2: 131. 1786; Saribus rotundifolia (Lamarck) Blume

Leaves: segment apices stiff. Inflorescences dividing into 3 main axes, each axis bearing up to 4 orders of branching. Fruits globose, ripening from green through orange to black. 2n = 36.

Flowering spring--summer. Disturbed hammocks and mesic woods; 0--10 m; introduced; Fla.; native to Malay Peninsula, Java.


 

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