Ptychoraphis

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Scientific Names

Read about Ptychoraphis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Ptychoraphis (Greek, folded and rape). Pal- maceae. Malayan and Indian palms grown in warm greenhouses. Stems slender, ringed: lvs. pinnate, the lfts. long-acuminate: spadix from between the lvs., much branched, the spirally arranged fls. usually staminate only toward the apex.—Three species, one from Singapore, 1 from the Philippines and 1 from Nicobar. The genus is placed next to Rhopaloblaste by Drude in Engler and Prantl's Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien and distinguished by the ridge of the forked raphe and deeply ruminate seed, while the rumination of the upper parts of the seed is flattish. Cult, as for any tropical palm, requiring abundance of moisture. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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