Propagation
Collect and sow seed when ripe, keep moist, maintaining a temperature of 25şC (77ş F). Germination normally takes 45 days and the viability period is short. Do not allow the seeds to dry out before sowing as this slows or inhibits germination.


Botanic information
Leaf: The large dark green palmate fronds have a petiole up to 300mm (12in) long and the rachis has evenly spaced broad-lanceolate shaped leaflets with a jagged truncate, pendant apex. There are up to 25-pinnae per side and are slightly twisted at the base.

Flower: The upright green-yellow panicle appears below the leaves on a short peduncle and has deciduous tubular bracts. The rachis is elongated and twice branched with the cyathiform flowers are arranged in threes, 2-male to 1-female.

The symmetrical male flowers have 3-imbricate sepals and 3-valvate petals with many stamens that have erect filaments and the pistillode is ovoid to elongated.

The female flower has 3-imbricate sepals and petals. They have tiny sterile stamens with a 1-cell ovary that contains 1-ovule and has 3-stigmas.

Fruit: The small ovoid to elliptical drupe has a thin orange-red endocarp and the seeds have 3 to 5 longitudinal groves (sulcate) and have endosperm. The flowering and fruiting period may vary in tropical regions.