| Bottle Palm |
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| File size | 1233879 |
| Original date | 2/25/22 5:57 PM |
| Resolution | 9280 x 6944 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.53mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 1.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | motorola |
| Camera model | motorola one fusion+ |
| Sensor type | Undefined |
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Botanical name: Hyophorbe lagenicaulis Family: Arecaceae (Palm family)
Synonyms: Mascarena lagenicaulis, Mascarena revaughanii
Synonyms: Mascarena lagenicaulis, Mascarena revaughanii
Bottle palm has a large swollen (sometimes bizarrely
so) trunk. It is a myth that the trunk is a means by which the palm
stores water. Bottle palms have only four to six leaves open at any
time. Leaf fronds are compound, mildly recurving, ascending to
spreading, upwardly arching, 4 to 6; leaflets stiff, narrow, up to 140,
each about 60 cm long. The flowers of the palm arise from under the
crownshaft, borne in branched inflorescences, cream, horn-like, about
75 cm long. Fruits are oblong, ripening from green to orange to black,
about 3 cm long. The genus name Hyophorbe comes from the Greek
hys, 'a pig', phorbe, in reference to the fruit being eaten by pigs.
Its species name lagenicaulis means 'with a flask-shaped stem'
in Latin, in reference to its stem. Bottle Palm is native to Mauritius,
cultivated elswhere.
| Identification credit: Revati Gindi, Chintan Bhatt | Photographed in Pune, Maharashtra. |
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