Mazhar Botanic Garden

Latania lontaroides (Gaertner) H.E.Moore

Red Latan Palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000038
Common name: Red Latan Palm
English name: Red Latan Palm
Arabic name: لاتانيا حمراء
Native: Endemic to Reunion
Country: Réunion
(PGR): Rare

Solitary palm, dioecious palm, up to 12 m tall, mature trunk gray, smooth and slightly swollen at the base leaves fan-shaped (costapalmate) about 1-15 m long,  with red petiole the first years inflorescence coming from the leaves, small and yellow in color fruits oval shaped, brownish green and fleshy

Ornamental Palm.

Latania borbonica Lam

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Texture: Sandy loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 10a : 11
pH range: 6.5 to 8.0
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation

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