Mazhar Botanic Garden

Wodeytia bifurcata A.K.Irvine

Foxtail palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000420
Common name: Foxtail palm
English name: Foxtail palm
Native: Queensland, Australia
Country: Australia Queensland
(PGR): Common

Solitary palm grows up to 15 m high Trunk smooth, unarmed, slender, closely ringed, columnar to bottle-shaped, slightly swollen at base crown shaft slender, narrower green leaves arching, long, densely plumose, bright green, 8 to 10 (for mature specimens) leaflets radiating out at all angles from the sheath inflorescences white, emerging at the base of the crown shaft fruits about 5 cm long, single-seeded

•Ornamental palm. Attractive foliage. Decorative fruit.

Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Medium Water
Climates: Mediterranean Temperate
Lights: Full sun Partial shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 5.5- 7.0
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm like
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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