Socratea exorrhiza
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Read about Socratea exorrhiza in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Iriartea exorrhiza, Mart. (I. bungerothii, Hort.). Trunk about 35 ft. tall, crowned by a congested cluster of 10-20 showy lvs.; each bearing 15-20 pairs of lfts., the latter about 20 in. long and 1 ½ wide: spadices 1-4, appearing between the lvs. ; fls. yellow : fr. olive-green, reticulate. Trop. S. Amer. — Doubtfully in cult, at this time (1913) in Amer.
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