| Classification | Arecaceae: Strongylocaryum |
| Classification 1 | Arecaceae: Ptychosperma |
| Barcode(s) | 00057935 |
| Type Status | Type |
| Collector | L. J. Brass |
| Collector number | 2956 |
| Country | Solomon Islands |
| Geography | Oceania: Papuasia (Region): Solomon Islands |
| Locality | Ulawa Island, slopes of the central mountain, 200-300 m. |
| Date Collected | 1932 |
| Remarks | Very slender palm attaining 6 m. with stem diameter of 5-6 cm., leaf scars broad; leaves usually ca. 6, spreading, petiole ca. 60 cm. long, lamina 1.5 m., pinnae 16-20 each side of rachis, scattered towards base, nearly opposite towards apex, leaf sheath 45 cm. long, striate, sprinkled with loose gray mealy tomentum, a broad yellow strip on upper part 8-10 cm.; inflorescence 2 panicles close below leaves, divaricate, ca. 60 cm. long & broad, with 10-12 lateral branches; seed eaten as a substitute for betel-nut; common. = Ptychosperma salomonense Burret, det. F. B. Essig, 1975 |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ddf91b47-2eb1-49d5-900d-9b1bc8d78bd0 |
| Harvard University Herbaria Barcode | 00057935 |
| Herbarium | A |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Type Status | Type |
| Type of | Strongylocaryum macranthum Burret |
| Taxon Reference | (for Strongylocaryum macranthum Burret) Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 1936. 13: 96. |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Determination | Ptychosperma salomonense Burret |
| Determined by | F. B. Essig |
| Determination Remarks | [current name] |
| Sex | not determined |
| Phenology | Fruit |
| Preparation Type | Sheet |
| Preparation Method | Pressed |
