How cool is a #palm that #flowers and #fruits underground?

Explainer 🔗: https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/the-palm-that-flowers-underground

OA 🔗: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10393

Of course, questions about. Foremost, is how on earth is this #pollinated?

While scientists only learned about this #plant recently:

"It is known in at least three #Bornean #languages by four different names: Pinang Tanah (Malay, West Kalimantan), Pinang Pipit, Muring Pelandok (both Kadorih, Central Kalimantan), and Tudong Pelandok (Iban, Sarawak)."

#biodiversity 🌴