Ptychococcus

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Ptychococcus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Ptychococcus (Greek, fold and grain, probably referring to folds on the fruit). Palmaceae. Separated from Ptychosperma by technical characters of the endocarp of the seed. Two species, New Guinea. P. paradoxus, Becc. (Ptychosperma paradoxa, Scheff.). St. simple, 9-12 ft. high, rather slender, covered with dense white arachnoid tomentum: lvs. at top of st. regularly pinnate-divided; segms. 6-15, in young plants sub- semi-rhomboid, later broad-lanceolate, contracted toward the base, tip oblique-truncate: fls. dioecious; ovary ovate-conical, 1-celled; seed 5-sulcate. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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