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2. Nenga pumila (Blume) H.Wendl.wfo-0000249909

in Kerch., Palmiers: 251. 1878.— Areca pumila Blume, Rumphia 2: 71. 1839.— Pinanga pumila (Blume) Blume, Rumphia 2: 77. 1839. Fig. 19.


Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.



Synonyms & Citations :

Areca nenga Blume ex Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm.: 3: 179. 1838.— Pinanga nenga (Blume ex Mart.) Blume, Rumphia 2: 77. 1839.— Ptychosperma nenga (Blume ex Mart.) Teijsm. & Binn., Cat. Hort. Bot. Borgor.: 69. 1866.
Nenga wendlandiana Scheff., Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 1: 153. 1876.— Areca wendlandiana (Scheff.) H.Wendl. In Kerch., Palmiers: 332. 1878.


Description : Clustering palm. Individual stems 3–5 m tall, 3–6 cm diam. Leaves 5–7 in crown; leaf sheath 25–60 cm long, forming a green to yellowish, slightly swollen, up to 80 cm long crownshaft; petiole 4–50 cm long; blade 2–3 m long with up to 30 pinnae per side, longest ones in the middle, 35–70 cm long. Inflorescence branched to first order; peduncle 1.5–3 cm long; rachillae 2–4, 20–35 cm long. Male flowers 1.2–1.6(–2) cm long, calyx of male flower much longer than the corolla; female flower with sepals 0.3–0.4 cm long, equal to or slightly longer than the petals. Fruit ellipsoid, 2.5–3 by 1–1.5 cm, with up to 0.2 cm long stigmatic remains, with erect lobes, brick red at maturity.


Distribution : Peninsular Thailand to W Malesia (Nenga pumila var. pumila from Java).


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