Calyptrocalyx elegans
COMMON NAME | Mara palm, fireball palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | Solitary
or clustering. A very small tropical palm. Leaf detail: Bifid split v-shaped
leaf, often with some other divisions in the leaf, emergent new leaf, is
bright red-orange, to maroon, other fine leaf forms occur, within the same
species. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Papua New Guinea and the nearby Maluku Islands |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Rainforest |
WEB SOURCES |
