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Comments:
The queen palm makes a striking landscape specimen where space allows.
These palms are natives of open, dry and often rocky areas throughout
their range, occurring on well-drained sandy soils, and are well-adapted
to dry tropical areas.
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Scientific Name: Arecatrum romanzoffianum |
Typical
Height: 30-50'
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Coceae |
Hardiness
Zone: 10A-11
Growth Rate: Moderate
Origin: Martinique & Dominica |
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Landscape Characteristics |
Salt
Tolerance: Moderate
Drought Tolerance: High
Soil Requirements: Widely adaptable
Light Requirements: High
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate
Uses: Specimen tree
Propagation: Seed, germinating in 4-6 months, after scarification
Human Hazards: Spiny
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Morphology (Identifying Characteristics) |
Habit:
Solitary, canopy of 20-30 leaves.
Trunk or Stem Characteristics: Smooth, spiny, closely ringed.
Leaf Type: Pinnately compound, reduplicate; over 300 leaflets.
Foliage Color: Green, pale with whitish hairs on underside of
leaflets.
Leaf Size: 10-12' long; leaflets to 3' long, about 2" wide.
Petiole: Short, 3' long.
Crownshaft: None.
Inflorescence: 5-7' long with large persistent woody spathe.
Gender: Separate male and female flowers on the same
inflorescence.
Flower Color: Yellow.
Fruit Size: 2" long.
Fruit Color: Light green.
Irritant: No. |
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