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Salacca flabellata is a palm (family Arecaceae or Palmae) native to peninsular Malaysia. It is the only palm which sometimes has subterranean flowers although the inflorescence usually lays on the surface. When in contact with the soil, the tip of the inflorescence can produce a plantlet which will grow as large as the mother plant. The fruit of this and all Salaccas is covered with smooth, precisely arranged scales. The plant is trunkless and has "V" shaped leaves. It was described in 1949.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salacca flabellata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
