Locality:

East Madagascar

Cold Hardiness: 

28 degrees F.

Trunk type:

Clean and crownshafted

Leaf type:

Pinnate (feather shape).

Suckering/Solitary:

Suckering (multiple trunks).

Maintenance:

Average

Speed of growth:

Average

Height:

Maximum about 20 feet.

Soil requirements:

Average moisture, good drainage.

Sun Requirements:

Full sun or part day sun, depending on area grown.

General Description:

A very nice suckering, crownshafted palm with yellow colors through the petioles and leaves.  Nice silver-green trunks.

Other Notes:

Commonly sold in nurseries, but hard to find large specimens.

Further Data:

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