Mazhar Botanic Garden

Wallichia disticha T.Anderson

Katong

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001051
Common name: Katong
English name: Distichous Fishtail palm
Arabic name: واليشيا
Native: E. Himalaya to China
Country: China India
(PGR): Rare

Solitary feather palm grow 9 m tall, 15-25 cm in diameter trunk covered with fibers from the leaf base leaves 180-350 cm long with a petiole 50-150 cm long, grow in two rows on either side of the trunk with fish tail shaped leaflet arranged on a plumose manner flowers uni-sexual, female terminal and male lateral fruit dark red when ripe

Ornamental palm. used as a source of food in times of shortage.

Wallichia yomae Kurz

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Texture: Clay Enriched soil
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 6.0-7.0
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Other
Plant Uses: Food Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Tropical evergreen forest
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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