✿Arecaceae · Ptychosperma
Mac Arthur Palm
Ptychosperma macarthurii
Cluster Palmoutdoor
- Habit
- Cluster Palm
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, West Bengal
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mac Arthur Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
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.
Botanical family
Arecaceae
Palm family
Mac Arthur Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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