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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis (L.H.Bailey) H.E. Moore

Bottle palm Champagne Palm Short Bottle Palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000035
Common name: Bottle palm, Champagne Palm, Short Bottle Palm
English name: Bottle palm
Arabic name: بوتل بالم
Native: Round Island, Mauritius
Country: Mauritius
(PGR): Rare

Solitary, dainty, slow-growing palm with a large swollen trunk base 36-45 m tall trunk grey, ringed up to 60-70 cm in diameter leaves feather-shaped, mildly recurving, ascending to spreading inflorescences branched, cream, horn-like, about 75 cm long, arising from below the crownshaft fruits oblong, repining from green to orange to black about 3 cm

Ornamental Palm.

Mascarena lagenicaulis LHBailey

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Texture: Clay Loam
Fertility: Low
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Status: Critically endangered
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline Neutral

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