Mazhar Botanic Garden

Bismarckia nobilis Hildebr. & H. Wendl

بسماركيا

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000005
Common name: بسماركيا
English name: Bismarck Palm
Arabic name: بسماركيا
Native: Madagascar
Country: Madagascar
(PGR): Common

Solitary trunks, gray to tan in color, growing 15 m tall, 30-45 cm in diameter leaves: costapalmate, nearly rounded, enormous in maturity, over 3 m wide, petioles are 2-3 m, slightly armed flower dioecious fruit ovoid, drupe

Ornamental palm

Medemia nobilis (Hildebr & H Wendl) Gall

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Texture: Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late Spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 5.6-7.5
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation
pH: Acid Alkaline Neutral

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