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Dictyosperma album (Bory) H. Wendl. & Drude ex- Scheff.

Princess Palm Hurricane palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000030
Common name: Princess Palm, Hurricane palm
English name: Hurricane palm
Arabic name: ديكتيوسبرما
Native: Mascarene Islands
Country: Madagascar
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Solitary trunk grow 10-15 m tall, 20 cm in diameter with a swollen base the crownshaft is over a meter tall, swollen at the base and covered in white wax leaves: feather-shaped, 3 m tall flowers yellow to white, monoecious,  inflorescences which ring the trunk below the crownshaft fruit: ovoid, ripen to purple or black in color, containing one brown, ellipsoidal seed

Ornamental Palm.

Areca alba Bory, Dictyosperma rubrum H Wendl & Drude

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Texture: Clay Loam
Fertility: Low
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late spring
Zone: 8b : 10a
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental Fibre
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation
pH: Alkaline Neutral

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