Mazhar Botanic Garden

Veitchia metiti Becc

Metiti Palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000063
Common name: Metiti Palm
Arabic name: فيتشيا متيتي
Native: Vanuatu
Country: Vanuatu
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Solitary trunk, white, to 14 m high, 15 cm in diameter, crown-shaft light green 90 cm tall leaves pinnate 24-3 m long on unusually long petioles 60 cm long inflorescences branches are stiff and upright fruit red ellipsoid 4 cm long

Ornamental Palm

Texture: Sandy
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Fresh seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10b
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation Evergreen
pH: Mild acid

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