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Read about Phytelephas in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Phytelephas (Greek elephant plant; referring to the hard white seeds which can be worked like ivory). Palmaceae. Low unarmed pinnate palms. Stems stout, erect or prostrate and rooting: lvs. terminal, elongate, pinnatisect; segms. numerous, the upper opposite, the lower alternate or fascicled, linearlanceolate, acuminate, midrib strong: spadices peduncled, scaled, male pendulous, female erect; spathes 2, complete, elongate: fls. dioecious; male minute, perianth lacking, stamens numerous; female very large, sepals 3, petals 5-10, 2-3 in. long, rather fleshy, staminoids many, ovary subglobose: fr. a collection of 4-6 drupes, forming a large cluster. About 15 species, S. Amer. CH
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Species
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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