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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 ...
Dypsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae. They are slender, evergreen palms with yellow flowers carried in panicles amongst the pinnate leaves. Many Dypsis species have aerial branching (above the main trunk), a rare growth habit among palms. [ 2 ]
Areca palm is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Areca, a genus of palms; Dypsis lutescens, a palm which is a popular houseplant; Areca catechu, also known as the betel palm, is sometimes referred to as an "areca" palm, particularly in the Philippines
The best-known member of the genus is A. catechu, the areca nut palm. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Several species of areca nuts, known for their bitter and tangy taste, raw or dried, are routinely used for chewing, especially in combination with the leaves of betel and dried leaves of tobacco .
The tree produces spiky green fruits about the size of a golf ball, which turn brown and drop off the tree over an extended period beginning in fall and continuing over the winter.
coconut palm Arecaceae (palm family) Dypsis: dypsis palm trees; Dypsis decaryi: triangle palm Arecaceae (palm family) Dypsis lutescens: cane palm; yellow palm Arecaceae (palm family) Howea: howea palm trees; Howea forsteriana: kentia palm Arecaceae (palm family) Hyophorbe: hyophorbe palm trees; Hyophorbe verschaffeltii: spindle palm Arecaceae ...
Dypsis ambositrae is an elegant palm that grows a moderately sized, smooth, ringed trunk to about 7 m (23 ft) tall that carries a grayish crownshaft and a crown of gracefully arching, V-shaped leaves with the stiff leaflets drooping at the tip. Generally a solitary palm, but, like many dypsis, often splits and doubles or even triples at or ...
The seeds grows on the Cerbera odollam plant, known as the "suicide tree" or "pong pong." The plant is listed under the FDA's poisonous plant database and its seeds contain a poison that causes ...