Balaka

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Balaka in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Balaka (the Fijian vernacular name). Palmaceae, tribe Areceae. Palms, differing, if at all, from Ptychosperma, to which they are with equal propriety referred, in having the seed not sulcate, and in the half-rhomboid segms. of the Lvs.; and from Drymophloeus in the form of the lf. and the caducous spathes. den balsam. —Species 2. Fiji Isls. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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