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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).
The needle palm is very slow-growing and rarely reaches heights of over 1 m (3 ft 3 in), though very old specimens in the deep south can reach 5 m (16 ft) in height and width. There are documented specimens that have been growing in White County, Tennessee , since the early part of the 1960s, as well as the United States National Arboretum in ...
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.
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 palm Arecaceae (palm family) Brahea brandegeei: San Jose hesper palm ...
Syagrus romanzoffiana, the queen palm, [7] cocos palm or Jerivá, is a palm native to South America, introduced throughout the world as a popular ornamental garden tree. S. romanzoffiana is a medium-sized palm, quickly reaching maturity at a height of up to 15 m (49 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves having as many as 494 pinnae (), although more typically around 300, each pinna being around 50 ...
Mature palms are single-stemmed, and can grow well over 20 m (66 ft) tall. The leaves are pinnate, and reach between 3–5 m (10–16 ft) long. The flowers are produced in dense clusters; each individual flower is small, with three sepals and three petals. The palm fruit is reddish, about the size of a large plum, and grows in large bunches.
Bismarckia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family with Bismarckia nobilis being the only species in the genus and is endemic to western and northern Madagascar, where it grows in open grassland. [3] [4] [5] Bismarckia nobilis is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. [6]
Rhapis excelsa grows up to 4 m in height and 30 mm in diameter in multi-stemmed clumps with glossy, palmate evergreen leaves divided into broad, ribbed segments. Leaf segments are single or few in young plants and increase to a dozen or more in mature plants; segments are divided to the petiole.