Mazhar Botanic Garden

Livistona lanuginosa Rodd

Cape River Fan Palm Waxy Cabbage Palm Burdekin Palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000056
Common name: Cape River Fan Palm, Waxy Cabbage Palm, Burdekin Palm
Arabic name: ليفيستونا لانوجينوزا
Native: NE Queensland, Cape River
Country: Australia Queensland
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Dioecious palm grow to 18 m high, 30 cm in diameter swollen base leaves fan, grayish green, 12-18 m in diameter, petioles 18 m long, the young petioles covered in a dense white wool on their upper surfaces fruits rounded, 25 cm in diameter, purplish black

ornamental palm.

Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring - Summer
Zone: 9 : 11
Status: Very rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Alkaline

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