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Kerriodoxa is a genus with a single species, Kerriodoxa elegans (white backed palm), a dioecious palm endemic to Thailand, with separate male and female plants. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited.
Kerriodoxa elegans, the white backed palm, is the only species of palm tree in the genus Kerriodoxa, in the family Arecaceae.
It is an endemic species of Thailand, first discovered in the Khao Phra Thaew reserve on 11 March 1929 and described as a new genus and species in 1983. It is dioecious, with separate male and female plants.
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