Mazhar Botanic Garden

Saribus rotundifolia (Lam.) Blume

Footstool Palm Round leaf fan palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000069
Common name: Footstool Palm, Round leaf fan palm
English name: Round leaf fan palm
Arabic name: ليفيستونا روبنسونياي، ساريبس روتانديفوليا
Native: Maluka Islands in Indonesia, philippines, Southeast Asia
Country: Indonesia Philippines South Asia
(PGR): Rare

Solitary stemmed,  grows up to 20-25m high,  15-45 cm in diameter leaves  palmate, erect  to pendent, almost round 15 m wide flowers borne in long-stalked inflorescence about 12 m long Fruit spherical to 15-2 cm in diameter red to black when ripe

•ornamental palm. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food, wood and other materials. Young plants of this and allied species are very frequently cultivated in pots or tubs and other large towns for ornamental purposes. edible seeds

Livistona robinsoniana Becc Livistona rotundifolia (Lam) Mart

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Texture: Sandy loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, about 2 months germinated
Flowering time: Spring to summer
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 6.0-7.0
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Food Ornamental Wood and Timber
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Acid

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