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Deckenia nobilis (Millionaire's Salad)

Synonyms: Deckeria nobilis; Iriartea nobilis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Deckenia nobilis, cabbage palm or millionaire's salad, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is monotypic within the genus Deckenia, and is endemic to the Seychelles, where it is threatened by habitat loss. It was described in 1870.
View Wikipedia Record: Deckenia nobilis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Deckenia nobilis

Attributes

Fruit Conspicuous [1]  No
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Height [1]  131 feet (40 m)
Fruit Color [1]  Black

Predators

Cephrenes augiades (Orange palmdart)[3]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[3]
Neophyllomyza approximatonervis[3]
Ornidia obesa[3]

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
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 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