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Collector Barrow, S.
Number 71
Collected with A. Weerasooriya
Country Sri Lanka
Subpart Anuradhapura
County  
Locality Anuradhapura District: road from Dambulla to Sigirya, near Kibissa village. Boggy roadside land bordering rice-paddy. Phoenix scattered, solitary or clustered.
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Minimum elevation (m) 180
Maximum elevation (m) 180
Start date 1995/02/08
End date 1995/02/08
Family Arecaceae
Identification Phoenix farinifera Roxb.
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Field notes Palm, solitary. Leaf 2m; no true petiole, pseudopetiole 0.69mx1.5cm at base. Leaflets, 2x59, irregularly arranged in 1-3 planes, pale green, glossy, flexible, sharp, conduplicate, narrow, veins not visible, pulvinus yellow-green. Terminal leaflet 10.5x0.9cm, apical ones 10-15x1-1.2cm, median 26-28x1.6cm, basal 23-26x0.8-1cm. Acanthophylls, 2x12, singly arranged, green, 2.5-6cm. Infructescences upright. Prophyll orange, splitting 1-2 times along or between margins, 24-35x3.5-4.5cm. Peduncle >40x1.2cm. Rachillae, c.50, 6-17cm. Immature fruit green.

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