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See a list and pictures of indoor plants safe for cats. These cat-safe houseplants are non-toxic, so cats shouldn't have health issues if they eat the leaves. ... For premium support please call ...
The sugary sap from some African palms yields country liquor on fermentation . While P. dactylifera is grown for its edible dates, the Canary Island date palm (P. canariensis) and pygmy date palm (P. roebelenii) are widely grown as ornamental plants, but their dates are used as food for livestock and poultry. The Canary Island date palm differs ...
This palm is typically fairly small and slender, normally attaining 25 feet [4] or 8 meters [5] in height but has attained over 40 feet in some instances. [ citation needed ] Most plants maintain 5-7 fronds when young, gradually building up the crown as the palm ages, and sometimes reaches 10-12 fronds when mature.
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, also known by its synonym Dypsis lutescens [2] and as golden cane palm, areca palm, [3] yellow palm, [3] butterfly palm, [3] or bamboo palm, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to Madagascar and naturalized in the Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Réunion, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Canary Islands, southern Florida, Haiti ...
This palm reproduces sexually via seed as well as asexually when new plants sprout from the base of older plants. Flower stalks are either male or female, but both occur in the same group of plants. After releasing pollen, male stalks wither. If female flowers are pollinated, the stalks turn a bright orange color as the seeds mature.
Beaucarnea recurvata, the elephant's foot [4] or ponytail palm, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. The species was native to numerous states of eastern Mexico but is now confined to the state of Veracruz .
Macrozamia riedlei, commonly known as a zamia or zamia palm, is a species of cycad in the plant family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to southwest Australia and often occurs in jarrah forests . It may only attain a height of half a metre or form an above trunk up to two metres with long arching fronds of a similar length.
Common names in English include areca palm, areca nut palm, betel palm, betel nut palm, Indian nut, Pinang palm and catechu. [1] This palm is commonly called the betel tree because its fruit, the areca nut , which are often chewed along with the betel leaf , a leaf from a vine of the family Piperaceae .