Characteristics
A hardy palm. Plants can grow to 20 m high. The trunk is 30-40 cm wide. It is dark grey and has prominent ridges. The crown is loose and rounded. The fronds are 3-4 m long. The leaves are blue-green to greyish green. The leaf blade is deeply divided into slender segments. Young fronds are reddish. The flowering panicles are 1 m long. The flowers are 0.2 cm across. They are cream. The fruit is fleshy with a hard stone inside. It is 1.5-2 cm across and black.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
tree
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| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
0.3 - 0.4
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| Mature height (meter) |
25.0 - 28.0
|
| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It grows naturally along stream banks in Northern Australia. It is a tropical plant. Plants can grow in heavy clay soils. They can tolerate sun from a young age. It can grow in warm temperate places.
| Light |
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| Soil humidity |
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| Soil texture |
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
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Usage
| Uses |
-
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| Edible
|
roots
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| Therapeutic use
|
-
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed. Seed need to be planted while fresh. Seeds germinate in 1-3 months.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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