Harmsiopanax ingens
Harmsiopanax ingens is a spiny, palmlike mesocaul tree endemic to the montane rainforests of central New Guinea which bears a terminal rosette of meter-wide peltate leaves on equally long petioles. It ultimately attains a height of eighteen meters, at which point it bears a huge panicle of flowers five meters high and equally wide; the largest above ground inflorescence of any dicot plant[1] (although Caloncoba flagelliflora (Achariaceae; of West Africa)[2] and Ficus geocarpa (Moraceae; of the Malay Peninsula)[3] and Ficus unciata var. strigosa (also of Malaya)[4] have larger subsurface panicles, each about nine meters in length. Harmsiopanax ingens is monocarpic, and again the largest among dicots. Its native name is "makua".[1]
| Harmsiopanax ingens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Harmsiopanax |
| Species: | H. ingens |
| Binomial name | |
| Harmsiopanax ingens Philipson | |
References
- W.R. Philipson, "A Revision of Harmsiopanax" BLUMEA Vol. 21 (1973) # 1 pp. 84-85
- E. Gilg, "Flacourtiaceae", DIE NATURLICHEN PFLANZENFAMILIEN (2nd edition; 1925) Vol. 21 pp. 377-457.
- "Moraceae - Ficus", FLORA MALESIANA Vol. 17 Part 2 (2005) pp. 40 & 461.
- E.J.H. Corner, WAYSIDE TREES OF MALAYA (1952 edition) Vol. 1 p. 681.
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