Phoenix roebelenii o'brien

Pygmy date palm (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Phoenix

Characteristics

Stems clustered (solitary in cultivated plants), 1-3 m tall, to 10 cm in diam., straight or twisted, rough with persistent, diamond-shaped leaf bases. Leaves to 2 m; sheath and petiole to 50 cm; rachis 1-2 m; acanthophylls ca. 12 per side of rachis; pinnae 25-50 per side of rachis, linear, regularly arranged and spreading in same plane, with persistent scales on abaxial surface of midrib; middle pinnae 20-40 × ca. 1.5 cm. Male inflorescences pendulous, 30-60 cm, with to 20 rachillae, these 7-20 cm; female inflorescences erect, to 35 cm, with to 50 rachillae. Fruits orange-brown or purple-brown, obovoid, to 1.8 × 0.7 cm; endosperm homogeneous.
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A small palm. The trunk is slender and it grows about 2 m tall. It has a single trunk but forms clusters in the wild. The trunk is 10 cm across. It is covered with old leaf bases. The fronds are dark green and arch over. They form a feathery crown. The lower ones hang down. They are about 1.5 m long. The leaves are spiny. The leaflets are narrow and shiny green. They are evenly spaced and hang down. Plants are separately male and female. Both are needed for fruit. The flower stalks are produced among the leaves. The flowers are creamy yellow. The fruit are 12 mm long. The fruit are edible. They have a thin layer of edible flesh.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
Root system -
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Flower color
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Fruit color
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Environment

A tropical plant. It suits coastal subtropical places. It also grows in Mediterranean and temperate regions. It can grow in sunny or shady locations. It is hardy and drought tolerant once established. It grows along the Mekong River. Wittunga Botanical Gardens. It suits plant hardiness zones 10-12. In Yunnan.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Seed grow easily. They take 3 months to germinate.
Mode seedlings
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
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Minimum temperature (C°) 1
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Images

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Distribution

Phoenix roebelenii o'brien world distribution map, present in Brazil, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:668945-1
WFO ID wfo-0000269803
COL ID 4GKSD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446574
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Synonyms

Phoenix roebelenii o'brien