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Contact SupplierPalm Plants is mostly medium to robust in size but also includes a few dwarf species, trunks are solitary in four species, suckering and clumped in nine, of which one has a prostrate ground trunk. Many of the trunked species do not form above-ground stems for several years. The pinnate leaves, 1-6 m long, All share the common feature of metamorphosed lower-leaf segments into long, vicious spines (acanthophylls). The leaves have short or absent petioles and possess the rare feature among pinnate palms of induplicate (V-shaped) leaflets. The plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants; pollination is by both wind and insect. The flowers are inconspicuous yellowish-brown and about 1 cm wide, but grouped on conspicuous large multi-branched panicles 30-90 cm long. The inflorescence emerges from a usually boat-shaped, leathery bract, forming large, pendent clusters. Phoenix fruit develops from one carpelas a drupe, 1-7 cm long, yellow to red-brown or dark purple when mature, with one elongate, deeply-grooved seed.
Comman Name | Botanical Name |
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Cycus | Cycus Revoluta |
Erica Palm | Chrysalidocarpus Lutescenes |
Washingtonia | Washingtonia Robusta |
Raphis Palm | Raphis Excela |
China | Cocothrinax Barbadensis |
Bottle Palm | Hyophorbe Lagenicaulis |
Fishtail | Caryota Mitis |
Foxtail Palm | Caryota Mitis |
Phoenix Palm | Phoenix Dactylifera |