This first-of-its-kind palm plant flowers and fruits entirely underground
The behavior is rare among plants, and no other palm is known to do it
![A photograph of the palm Pinanga subterranea with its green palms sprouting out from brown leaf-strewn ground.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/011824_di_palm-flower_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Fruiting or flowering underground, like the newly described palm Pinanga subterranea (shown) does, is rare, but has been documented in 33 plant families so far.
Agusti Randi