Jailoloa

{{Short description|Genus of Arecaceae plants}}

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|genus=Jailoloa

|parent_authority=Heatubun & W.J.BakerKew Bull. 69(3)-9525: 5 (2014)

|species=halmaherensis

|authority=(Heatubun) Heatubun & W.J.Baker

|synonyms_ref={{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77141212-1 |title=Jailoloa halmaherensis (Heatubun) Heatubun & W.J.Baker |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=9 February 2021 }}

|synonyms=Ptychosperma halmaherense Heatubun

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Jailoloa is a genus of palm (family Arecaceae), in the subtribe Ptychospermatinae. It has only one currently accepted species, Jailoloa halmaherensis, native to the Moluccas.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77141208-1 |title=Jailoloa Heatubun & W.J.Baker |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=9 February 2021 }} It only grows on ultramafic soils. The species is currently known only from its type locality in East Halmahera.{{cite journal |title=Three new genera of arecoid palm (Arecaceae) from eastern Malesia |year=2014 |last1=Heatubun |first1=Charlie D. |last2=Zona |first2=Scott |last3=Baker |first3=William J. |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=69 |issue=3 |page=9525 |doi=10.1007/s12225-014-9525-x |bibcode=2014KewBu..69.9525H |s2cid=24848021 }}