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Red Sealing Wax Palm
Red Sealing Wax Palm
Cyrtostachys renda
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Freshwater wetland
Range
Southeast Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Armor
Status
Uncommon

About

This palm grows in the swampy tropical forests of Thailand and Malaysia. Its bright red crownshaft contains pigments that repel insects and prevent fungal rot.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Arecales
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Cyrtostachys
Species
Cyrtostachys renda