AAU Herbarium Database

Collector	Balslev, H.
Number	11738
Collected with	Prateep Panyadee & Supalak Pumikong
Country	Thailand
Subpart	Phuket province, Katu district, Patong subdistrict
County
Locality	Hill north of Patong overviewing the city in the distance, accessed by narrow 4-w trail from the east side of the mountain. Rather steep hill sides with dense forest and cleared undebrush, neighboring agroforestry clearing.
Coordinates	7° 54' 56.72'' N 98° 18' 29.15'' E
Minimum elevation (m)	400
Maximum elevation (m)	400
Start date	2026/06/14
End date	2026/06/14
Family	Arecaceae
Identification	Kerriodoxa elegans J. Dransf.
Determined by	H. Balslev
Identification qualifier
Field notes	Solitary, stem 3–5 m tall. Rough from densely positioned leaf-scars. Crown of over 20 lvs; petiole 140 cm with sharp edges, no spines; lamina palmate w. ca. 100 segments, split to 1/3 of their length, whitish below, segments 50–100 cm long (basal to apical). Peduncle 26(+) cm long, with 2–3 peduncular bracts which are brown and papery; rachis 30 cm long, rachillae 16–18, to 15 cm long, once branched; fruits globular, 3.5 cm diam., yellow brown, mesocarp whitish, endocarp light yellow, excocarp smooth to slightly rugolate. Fruits 12–40 per infructescence. The palm forms a population of ca 100 visible individuals on a slope in tropical rainforest with the underscrub and some trees felled, adjacent to agroforestry clearing and a view of Patong city to the south.

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