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Phoenix roebelenii is a small to medium-sized, slow-growing slender tree growing to 2–7 metres (6.6–23.0 ft) tall. The leaves are 60–120 cm (24–47 in) long, pinnate, with around 100 leaflets arranged in a single plane (unlike the related P. loureiroi where the leaflets are in two planes).
One plant is topped with about 15 mature leaves at a time. [7] The pinnate frond is up to 4 meters long [4] and typically palm-like in appearance. It has many leaflets arranged irregularly, clustered and angled. [6] The underside is glaucous. [4] A mature, expanded leaf lasts for about 4.5 years, and the plant grows 3 to 5 new leaves per year.
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 ...
king palm Arecaceae (palm family) Arenga: arenga palm trees; Arenga engleri: Formosa palm Arecaceae (palm family) Bactris: bactris palm trees; Bactris gasipaes: pejibaye palm Arecaceae (palm family) Bismarckia: bismarckia palm trees; Bismarckia nobilis: Bismarck palm Arecaceae (palm family) Brahea: brahea palm trees; Brahea armata: Mexican blue ...
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.
The Arecaceae (/ ˌ ær ə ˈ k eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales.Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms.
Chamaedorea tepejilote, also known as the pacaya palm, is a species of Chamaedorea palm tree found in the understory of the forests of southern Mexico, Central America, and northern Colombia. [ 2 ] Edible inflorescence of the pacaya palm (with other flowers)
Cyrtostachys renda, also known by the common names red sealing wax palm and lipstick palm, is a palm that is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia. [9] It is the only species of the genus Cyrtostachys that can be found to the west of the Wallace Line , the faunal boundary separating the biogeographic realms of Asia and ...