Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis habit |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis stem with closer view of leaf scars |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis stem with horn-shaped inflorescence buds |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis leaf |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis leaf tip, underside |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis leaflets, held in a V-shape |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis leaflets, with midrib and secondary ribs |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis leaflets with ramenta on midribs and sceondary ribs |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis stem with horn-shaped inflorescence buds and immature fruit |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis inflorescence branches |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis stem, crownshaft and immature fruit |
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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis closer view of fruit. Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php |
Common name
bottle palm
Description
Stems: Solitary, erect stems, to 7 m tall, up to 60 cm in diameter, ringed with close leafleaf:
in palms -- the leaf blade (which is usually divided into leaflets or leaf segments), the petiole (or leaf stalk) and the sheath (which forms the attachment of the leaf to the stem)
scars and greatly swollen at the base. Leaves: Pinnatepinnate:
like a feather; palms with pinnate leaves usually have compound leaflets attached to a rachis, although a pinnate leaf may be entire with pinnate veins (e.g., <em>Chamaedorea metallica</em>)
, reduplicatereduplicate:
Most palm leaflets or leaf segments are obviously folded. If the folds create an upside-down V-shape, with the margins lower than the midrib (so that rain might "run off the roof"), the folding is reduplicate.
, stongly arched, to 3 m long, with leaflets evenly spaced along the rachisrachis:
an extension of the petiole through the blade of a pinnate leaf to which leaflets are attached
and held in a V-shape. Upper and lower leafleaf:
in palms -- the leaf blade (which is usually divided into leaflets or leaf segments), the petiole (or leaf stalk) and the sheath (which forms the attachment of the leaf to the stem)
surfaces are green to gray-green; the midrib and secondary ribs are prominent and yellowish. Flowers and fruits: Inflorescences are erect in bud, to 1 m long, with several horn-shaped buds circling the base of the waxy green crown shaftcrown shaft:
a cylinder of clasping leaf sheaths toward the apex of the stem, found in some pinnate-leaved palms (e.g., <em>Wodyetia bifurcata</em>)
, densely branched with male and female flowers on the same inflorescenceinflorescence:
the reproductive structure of a flowering plant, including palms, consisting of flowers and associated bracts
. The ovoid fruits (2.5 cm long) are brownish black when ripe.
Diagnostic features
Field: Solitary, erect stems, ringed with close leafleaf:
in palms -- the leaf blade (which is usually divided into leaflets or leaf segments), the petiole (or leaf stalk) and the sheath (which forms the attachment of the leaf to the stem)
scars and greatly swollen at the base; 4-8 leaves with pinnatepinnate:
like a feather; palms with pinnate leaves usually have compound leaflets attached to a rachis, although a pinnate leaf may be entire with pinnate veins (e.g., <em>Chamaedorea metallica</em>)
leaflets held in a V-shape
Lab: Ramentaramenta:
irregularly shaped, thin scales, sometimes found along the abaxial midrib of a leaflet
on the abaxialabaxial:
away from or the side of an organ facing away from the axis (<strong>ab </strong>as in <strong>ab</strong>andon); for example, the lower surface of a leaf blade or petiole
surface is found along both midrib and secondary ribs.
Distribution
Native to Mascarene Islands
Additional comments
Cultivated in Hawaii
Scientific name
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis (L.H.Bailey) H.E.Moore
Family
Arecaceae/Palmae
Synonyms
Mascarena lagenicaulis L.H.Bailey
Mascarena revaughanii L.H.Bailey
