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Phoenix acaulis (Dwarf Date Palm)

Synonyms: Phoenix acaulis var. melanocarpa

Wikipedia Abstract

Phoenix acaulis (acaulis, Latin, trunkless) or Dwarf Date Palm / Stemless Date Palm is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, native to northern India, Bhutan and Nepal. Found in altitudes from 350 to 1500 m, P. acaulis grows in scrubland, savannas and in pine forests. Trunks in this species remain underground or, at most, grow to a few inches in height. Leaves are 1.5 m long, gray-green, with 25 cm, pinnately arranged leaflets on short, armed petioles.
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Attributes

Fruit Conspicuous [1]  No
Height [1]  20 inches (0.5 m)

Predators

Hyarotis adrastus (Tree Flitter)[2]
Melursus ursinus (Sloth Bear)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0