Palms &
Cycads
in Kinshasa and Kisantu
D. R. Congo
by
Luc Pauwels
The species
new for the region and introduced recently in the Botanical Garden of Kinshasa
are marked with an asterisk : *
If there are
any doubts about the identification of these plants, please, send a message to : l_pauwels@telenet.be
ARECACEAE
A
Acoelorraphe wrightii (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. ex Becc. - photo1, photo 2 - Everglades palm - JBKisantu
syn. Paurotis wrightii ( Griseb.
& H.Wendl.) Britton
Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart. * - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5
Adonidia merrillii Becc. - Christmas palm
syn. Veitchia merrillii (Becc.)
H.E.Moore
Aiphanes
aculeata Willd. - tree, flowers + fruits
syn. Martinezia caryotifolia Kunth
Areca catechu L. - flowers, fruits - betel nut palm
Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr. - stem covered with black fibers, infrutescences
- sugar palm
Arenga hookeriana (Becc.) Whitmore - photo 1, photo 2 - in private
nursery
Arenga undulatifolia Becc. -
photo 1, photo 2 - JB Kisantu
Astrocaryum cf. mexicanum Liebm. ex Mart. - photo 1, photo 2
Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess. Boer - in Kisantu garden - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
syn.
A. macrocarpa
(H.Karst.) Mess. Boer
B
Bactris gasipaes Kunth * -
photo 1, photo 2, stems, fruits - peach palm
Bactris major Jacq. - photo
1, photo 2 -
in Kisantu Garden
Bismarckia nobilis Hildebr. & H.Wendl. *
Borassus aethiopum Mart. - tree, male inflorescences,
fruits, on the shore of Malebo Pool - rônier; lilebo, malebo
It
is after this palm tree that the Malebo Pool, the wide area in the Congo river between Brazzaville and
Kinshasa, was named.
C
Calamus deerratus
G.Mann & H.Wendl. - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3 - rattan
syn.
C. laurentii
De Wild.
Caryota mitis Lour. - fruiting
tree - clustering fishtail palm
Caryota
urens L. - fishtail palm
Caryota zebrine Hambali
& al.- photo 1, photo 2
Chamaedorea
metallica O.F.Cook ex H.E.Moore
Chambeyronia macrocarpa (Brongn.) Vieill. ex Becc. * - photo 2, photo 3
Cocos nucifera L. - photo 2
Cyrtostachys renda Blume - photo 2 - photo 3 - photo 4 - lipstick palm
D
Dictyosperma album (Bory) H.Wendl. & Drude ex Scheff. -
photo1, photo 2 - hurricane palm, princess palm
Dypsis decaryi (Jim.) Beentje & Dransf. - photo
2
Dypsis lutescens (H.Wendl.) Beentje & Dransf. - photo
1, photo 2, photo
3 - golden cane
palm
syn. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H.Wendl.
Dypsis madagascariensis Nicholson - photo1, inflorescence - on 30 Juin boulevard
E
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. - trees, male inflorescence + infrutescence - oil palm;
ba di nsamba
Eremospatha haullevilleana De Wild. - lubaamba
A natif
rattan, growing in secondary forests, is used in house construction and
basket-work.
H
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Laccosperma secundiflorum (P.Beauv.) Kuntze - photo 2 - nkau
syn.
Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum
(P.Beauv.) G.Mann & H.Wendl.
A natif
rattan, growing on river banks, is used in basket-work. The stick of the chief
is made from it.
Latania loddigesii Mart. * - photo 2, photo 3, photo 4 - latanier bleu
Latania
lontaroides (Gaertn.) H.E.Moore
* - photo 1, photo 2 - latanier rouge
Latania verschaffeltii Lem. * - photo 1, photo 2 - latanier jaune
Licuala grandis H.Wendl. ex Linden
- young palm, photo 2, photo 3
Licuala spinosa Wurmb. - photo
2, photo 3
Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart. - tree, infrutescences - chinese fan palm
O
Oncocalamus mannii (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl.
- juvenile leaves - photo 1, photo 2
syn. O. acanthocnemis Drude
A natif rattan, growing in swamp forests ; rare in Kinshasa region
P
Phoenix
canariensis Chabaud * - photo
Phoenix
dactylifera L. * - photo - dattier
Phoenix
reclinata Jacq.
- photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
Phoenix roebelenii O’Brien *
Pinanga coronata (Blume ex Mart.) Blume - plant, leave,
fruits 1, fruits 2
syn.
Pinanga kühlii Blume
Podococcus barteri G.Mann & H.Wendl. - origin : Mayumbe
Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & H.Wendl. - photo
1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5
Ptychosperma macarthurii (H.Wendl.
ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f. - photo1, photo 2
R
Raphia sese De Wild. - photo
1, photo 2, photo 3
Raphia
spp. - palm
1, palm 2, leaves, palm 3, fruits
Raphia sp - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6
Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) Henry - photo 1, photo 2, photo 2
Roystonea regia C.F.Cook - royal palm
syn. Oreodoxa regia Kunth
S
Sabal mauritiiformis (H.Karst.) Griseb.& H.Wendl.
- photo
1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5
syn. S. glaucescens
Lodd. ex H.E.Moore
Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.)
Voss - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
Saribus rotundifolia
(Lam.) Blume – photo 1, photo 2, photo 3 - footstool palm
syn.
Livistona rotundifolia
(Lam.) Mart.
Sclerosperma mannii H.Wendl. - fruits
1, fruits 2,
roof cover - magaangu
This local palm grows in
marshy forests. The leaves are used to cover the roofs of houses.
Syagrus romanzoffiana
(Cham.) Becc.- photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
syn. Arecastrum romanzoffianum (Cham.)
Becc.
; syn. Cocos plumosa Hook.f.
V - W
Verschaffeltia splendida H.Wendl. - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6
Wallichia disticha T. Anderson - photo 1, photo 2
Wodyetia bifurcata A.K.Irvine - photo 1, photo 2 - foxtail palm
*
CYCLANTHACEAE
Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. - leaves,
flowers - Panama-hat palm
Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. ex A.Rich.
CYCADACEAE
Cycas circinalis L. - male cone, female cone
Cycas
revoluta Thunb. - leaves deployment : stade 1, stade 2, stade 3, stade 4 - male cone :cone 1, cone
2 - sago palm
ZAMIACEAE
Encephalartos poggei Aschers. - young
leaves, female cone
Encephalartos
laurentianus De Wild. - tree in Kisantu Garden, male cones, female cone, seeds
Zamia furfuracea L.f. ex Aiton - photo 1, photo 2, cones *
Some unidentified palms in the Kinshasa region
Could somebody help me for the identification
Please send names to Luc Pauwels
Palm A , photo
1, photo 2, photo 3
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