Hydriastele procera

Botanical Description

Hydriastele procera is a solitary stemmed, robust, evergreen palm with an unbranched stem up to 30 metres tall and 20 - 30cm in diameter; it is topped by a spherical crown of 10 - 15 leaves, each of which can be 2 - 4 metres long including the petiole[ 1974 Title A monograph of Hydriastele (Areceae, Arecaceae) in New Guinea and Australia Publication Phytotaxa 370 (1): 001-092, 2018 Author Petoe P., Heatubun C.D. & Baker W.J. Website https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.370.1.1 Publisher Year 2018 ISBN 1179-3155 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. There is no known information on the population size of Hydriastele procera and more data are needed about the range and abundance of this species. The plant is classified as 'Data Deficient' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].