Stevensonia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Stevensonia (named after one of the governors of Mauritius). Palmaceae, tribe Areceae. A monotypic genus of tropical palms from the Seychelles. Tall trees, spiny throughout or at length nearly smooth, with ringed caudex: lvs. terminal, spreading-recurved, the cuneate-obovate blade convex, bifid, oblique at the base, plicate-nerved, the margins split, segms. deeply cut, the midnerves and nerves prominent, scaly beneath; petiole plano-convex; sheath deeply split, scaly, spined; spadix erect: peduncle long, compressed at the base: branches thickish: spathes 2, the lower one persistent, prickly, the upper one smooth, woody, club-shaped, deciduous: fr. ellipsoidal, small, orange-colored. For cult., see Palm. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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