Habit |
Solitary |
Solitary
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Solitary
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Stem shape |
Cylindrical and upright |
Cylindrical and upright
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Cylindrical and upright
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Leaf sheath persistence in the stem |
Semipersistent, some basal portions scatter throughout the stem |
Caducous, leaving ringed scars throughout the stem
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Persistent throughout most of the stem
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Leaf type and arrangement in the rachis |
Pinnate, slightly arched, shiny dark green; pinnae (sub)opposite, somewhat straight |
Pinnate, slightly arched, giving the leaf a feathery appearance, shiny dark green; the pinnae are inserted in divergent planes on the rachis
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Pinnate; not feathery; grayish-green; pinnae inserted approximately in the same planes forming a “V” on the rachis
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Leaf arrangement on the stem |
Contemporary, arranged in a crown at the top of the stem |
Contemporary, arranged in a crown at the top of the stem
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Contemporary, spirally arranged in a crown at the top of the stem
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Pseudopetiole margins |
Fibrous, with flexible fibers and slightly dented near the base, becoming smooth near the apex |
Fibrous, with soft fibers near the base, becoming smooth near the apex
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Fibrous near the base, becoming thick or finely dentate near the apex
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Pinnae grouping |
The first four pinnae are grouped at the base of the rachis |
The first four pinnae are grouped at the base of the rachis
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The first four pinnae are grouped at the base of the rachis
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Ramenta (persistent scales) |
Present on the abaxial surface in the basal portion of the pinnae; brown, scale-like |
Absent
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Present on the abaxial surface in the basal portion of the pinnae; brown, scale-like
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Pinnae tips |
Slightly acuminate, with asymmetrical apex |
Slightly acuminate, with asymmetrical apex
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Acuminate, with symmetrical apex
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Peduncular bract texture, notch, and shape |
Canoe-shaped, woody, glabrous, with outer longitudinal grooves (varying from shallow to deeply grooved), ending in a beak-shaped expanded tip |
Canoe-shaped, woody, glabrous with outer longitudinal grooves (varying from shallow to deeply grooved), ending in a beak-shaped expanded tip
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Canoe-shaped, woody, glabrous, smooth, ending in an expanded tip shaped like a small beak.
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Inflorescence type and color |
Panicle, yellow-orange |
Panicle, pastel yellow
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Panicle, varying from pastel yellow to pinkish red
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Flowers |
Staminate and pistillate, organized in triads from the base up to the middle of the rachillae; usually only with staminate flowers at the terminal portion of the rachillae |
Staminate and pistillate, organized in triads from the base up to the middle of the rachillae; usually only with staminate flowers at the terminal portion of the rachillae
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Staminate and pistillate, organized in triads from the base up to the middle of the rachillae; usually only with staminate flowers at the terminal portion of the rachillae
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Fruits |
In infructescence; ovoid to globose, yellow with or without brownish streaks at the apex; fleshy drupe with sweet, fibrous, and slightly mucilaginous mesocarp; containing a pyrene |
In infructescence; ovoid to slightly globose, yellow; fleshy drupe with sweet, fibrous, and mucilaginous mesocarp; containing a pyrene
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In infructescence; globose, ranging from yellow, orange, orange-reddish to purple; a fleshy succulent drupe, usually sweet; containing a pyrene
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Form, texture, and position of pores in pyrene |
Ovoid; stony/woody; with three pores, arranged symmetrically to slightly asymmetrically in the basal region; sometimes with three protrusions in the apical region |
Ovoid; stony/woody; with three symmetrically arranged pores in the basal region; with traces of three apical protrusions
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Globose and smooth. Stony/woody, with three pores in the equatorial region
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Shape and number of endocarp cavities |
Regular, symmetrical or vestigial, unilocular |
Irregular, asymmetrical, and unilocular
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Regular, symmetrical, uni to trilocular
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Seed presence and shape |
Present or absent, cordiform |
Present, gibbous to uncinate
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Present, cordiform
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Seed infestation |
Larvae of Coleopteran insects |
Larvae of Coleopteran insects
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Larvae of Coleopteran insects
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Germination |
Present, late, and heterogeneous among the populations studied |
Present, late, and uniform
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Present, late, and uniform
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Phenology |
Flowering and fruiting year around, with greater productivity from October to March |
Flowering and fruiting year around, with greater productivity from October to March
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Flowering and fruiting from October to March
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