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Rhopaloblaste augusta

Synonyms: Areca augusta (homotypic); Ptychoraphis augusta (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhopaloblaste augusta is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.It is found only on the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of India. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhopaloblaste augusta

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Rhopaloblaste augusta

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  82 feet (25 m)

Predators

Cephrenes augiades (Orange palmdart)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, 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
♦ 3Jorrit 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