Arecaceae
Chrysalidocarpus

Chrysalidocarpus ligulatus (Jum.) Eiserhardt & W.J.Baker

First published in Taxon 71: 1184 (2022)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. Madagascar. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/38542/2875693

Conservation
DD - data deficient
[IUCN]

Biology
Moist forest on sandstone, at low elevation.
General Description
Solitary palm. TRUNK 4-6 m high, c. 20 cm diam., smooth, ringed. LEAVES with the sheath (fide Perrier) whitish, glabrous, with distinct, unequal, obtuse auricles; petiole not seen; rachis in mid-leaf keeled, c. 1.8 cm wide and 2.2 cm high, withscattered scales; leaflets presumably regular, the proximal not seen, median c. 120 x 2.3-2.5 cm (interval 3.5-4 cm), distal 23-42 x 0.5-1.4 cm, the terminal pair joined for c. 6 cm, main veins 1 (-3), with thickened margins, with scattered red ramenta 2-4 mm long on the proximal part of the midrib, otherwise glabrous, apices unequally attenuate, bifid. INFLORESCENCE branched to 2 orders; the only first order branch seen with a secondary rachis 27 cm long, proximally 1.2 x 0.6 cm, glabrous, with 17 rachillae; rachillae 24-34 cm long, 2-2.5 mm diam., with distant slightly sunken triads, the rachilla bracts small and rounded. STAMINATE FLOWERS not seen. PISTILLATE FLOWERS not seen; in fruit the persistent sepals 1.8-2.2 x 2.5-2.8 mm, petals 3.2-3.6 x 3.8-4.1 mm; staminodes 0.6-0.7 mm, flat. FRUIT yellowish, ellipsoid, 12-16 x 7-8.5 mm, with an obtuse apex; endocarp fibrous, the fibres anastomosing. SEED ellipsoid, c. 13 x 7.5-8 mm, pointed at the base, obtuse at the apex, with a sub-aequatorial depression; endosperm ruminate, the ruminations few, distant, 1-2 mm deep.
Distribution
NW Madagascar.
Conservation
Possibly extinct; not seen for over 70 years.
Vernacular
Not recorded.
[PW]

Uses

Use
Palm-heart edible.
[PW]

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0