Mazhar Botanic Garden

Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume

Solitaire palm Elegant Palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000045
Common name: Solitaire palm, Elegant Palm
English name: Solitaire palm, Elegant Palm
Arabic name: بتيكوسبرما مفرد
Native: Queensland in Australia
Country: Australia Queensland
(PGR): Rare

Solitary stemmed palm, growing to 10-12 m tall, 8-10 cm in diameter, crownshaft around 60 cm long and mid-green in colour with a whitish waxy coating leaves: feathery, fronds pinnate about 80 cm long, inflorescence: about 70 cm long fruit: 9-15 mm long, bright red when ripen

Ornamental palms

Seaforthia elegans R Br , Archontophoenix elegans

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Texture: Loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Partial shade
Propagation: Germinate in 80 days
Flowering time: Mid Spring
Zone: 11 : 11
pH range: 5.5 to 6.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid Neutral
Located in: Glass house

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