As recorded for Mac Arthur Palm
Ptychosperma macarthurii
Mac Arthur Palm
- Habit
- Cluster Palm
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, West Bengal
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP records it as introduced in Assam Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Ptychosperma propinquum. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: W. & S. New Guinea (incl. Kep. Aru, Kep. Salawati) to N. Australia.
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- Maharashtra →West Bengal →
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How to identify Mac Arthur Palm
Identify Mac Arthur Palm by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a cluster palm habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, West Bengal.
- Confirm it sits within the Arecaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mac Arthur Palm.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ptychosperma macarthurii
- Genus
- Ptychosperma
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Cluster Palm
- Native to
- New Guinea
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“The crown consists of between 3 and 13 paripinnate fronds to 3 m (9.8 ft) in length, with 15-40 pinnae (leaflets) on either side of the rachis (midrib), and have a crownshaft which” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mac Arthur Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
Typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Mac Arthur Palm
Mac Arthur Palm (Ptychosperma macarthurii) is a species in the Arecaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and West Bengal. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Arecaceae
Palm family
Mac Arthur Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
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