Arecaceae

Macarthur palm

Ptychosperma propinquum (Becc.) Becc. ex Martelli

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Ptychosperma

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Macarthur palm (Ptychosperma propinquum) — FlowerPhoto: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 洋绉子棕, 近缘射叶椰, 青棕, 馬氏射葉椰子, 射叶椰
English: Macarthur palm
Sundanese: Palem jepang

Synonyms

Actinophloeus bleeseri Burret
Actinophloeus macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) Becc. ex Raderm.
Actinophloeus propinquus (Becc.) Becc.
Carpentaria bleeseri (Burret) Burret
Drymophloeus propinquus Becc.
Kentia macarthurii H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch
Ptychosperma advenum Becc.
Ptychosperma bleeseri Burret
Ptychosperma julianettii Becc.
Ptychosperma macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f.
Saguaster macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) Kuntze
Saguaster propinquus (Becc.) Kuntze

Photos

FlowerPhoto: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Veronidae, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Veronidae, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.