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ARECACEAE


Trunk-less Nipa-palm (Nipa fruticans) of South East Asia.


Calamus (rattan palm): a liana. Cross section through the wood


Cyrostachys lakka with red stem, grows in the streets and gardens of Malaysia. - Roystonia regia (Cuban royal palm): alley in the Botanical Garden Rio de Janeiro


Leopoldina major, in the flood-plain woods of the middle part of the Rio Negro (Amazon area)


Leopoldina major - Mauritia spongicarpa (fruits), also of the Rio Negro region


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