Copernicia alba ( Caranday wax palm)

Copernicia alba.

Comon names : Caranday palm, or caranday wax palm.
Family : Arecaceae
Genus : Copernicia

Copernicia alba is a  solitary palm native to South America (Beazil,  Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay,Columbia). Copernicia alba is similar in appearance  or resemble to Copernicia  prunifera  but the growth rate is much faster.

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Veitchia merillii ( Christmas Palm )

vetchia merrilli - height : 4.6 m (15 ft)

vetchia merrillii height : 4.5 m (15 ft)

veitchia merrillii - triple trunk container
height 3m (10 ft)

Comon names :
Manila Palm, Christmas Palm, Dwarf Royal Palm.
Family : Arecaceae.
Syn : Adonidia merrillii

This palm is native to Phillipine or southeast Asia. It's called the Christmas Palm because its fruits become bright scarlet and tend to be that color in winter.

Pritchardia pacifica (Fiji Fan Palm)

Pritchardia pacifica height : 4 m (14 ft)

Pritchardia pacifica height: 4m (14ft)

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Pritchardia pacifica height : 4 m (14 ft)

Pritchardia pacifica height : 5 m (17 ft)

Pritchardia pacifica height : 6 m (20 ft)

Common name : Fiji Fan Palm.
Family : Arecaceae.
Genus : Pritchardia
Foliage : evergreen.

Pritchardia pacifica is native to Tonga, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. Commonly known as the Fiji fan palm. It can grow up to 30 ft in height. The flowers are of a yellow green color and the fruits are brown.

Livistona Chinensis ( Chinese Fan Palm )

Livistona Chinensis  (height : 3m)

Livistona Chinensis (height : 3-4 m)

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Common name: Chinese Fan Palm.
Family : Arecaceae
Genus : Livistona

Livistona chinensis is native to southern Japan,  Southeast China and Taiwan. It is a medium-sized cold-hardy palm ( grows from  3 to 9 m in height ) .This plant is becoming very popular in most subtropical and tropical areas. It is seen often in California, Florida, Queensland, and South Asia.

Phoenix canariensis ( Canary date palm)

Phoenix Canariensis

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Family: Arecaceae
Genus : Phoenix.
Common names : Canary island date palm, pineapple palm.

Phoenix canariensis is date palm native to the Canary Islands and very widely planted as an ornamental plant in warm climate regions.
 

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Roystonea altissima

Family : Arecaceae
Common names : Jamaican Royal Palm or Mountain Cabbage Palm, Jamaican Cabbage Palm.
Synonyms : Palma altissima, Roystonea jamaicana

Roystonea altisima is fast growing palm tree, which reaches heights of 20 metres (66 ft). It is a species of a palm tree commonly found on hillsides or mountain slopes near the interior of Jamaica. Similar with R regia, R altisima has slightly plumose leaflets.

Latania loddigesii Mart.(Blue Latan Palm)

Mature tree, height :  about12 m (40 ft)

 height :  about 6 m (20 ft)

Common name : Blue Latan Palm
Synonym: Latania glaucophylla
Family: Arecaceae
Min. Temperature:  -3°C to -1.5°C (26 - 29°F)

Latania loddigesii is a species of lantan palm native to Mauritus Island. It is cultivated mainly as an ornamental fan palm. It has attractive blue fan leaves with a compact crown. Latania loddigesii grows slowly to 12 m (40 ft).

Phoenix loureirii (Loureiro's Date Palm)

Actual height: 4 m (13 ft)

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Common names : Loureiro's Date Palm, Mountain Date Palm.
Family : Arecaceae
Syn. : Phoenix humilis, P. hanceana.

Originating from Taiwan, Hongkong, Philipines, India and southern Bhutan, this palm resembles a dwarf Phoneix canariensis. Phoenix loureirii is less cold hardy than Phoenix canariensis, but still can survive only a few degrees of frost. It can grow up to  20 ft ( 6 m) tall.

Livistona muelleri

L. muelleri, height : 6 - 7 m ( 20 ft- 23 ft).

Common name : Queensland Dwarf Fan Palm
Family: Arecaceae
Foliage : Evergreen.
Max-height : 9 m ( 30 ft)

Livistona muelleri is a slow-growing fan palm native to New Guinea and Australia (North East Queensland). It can grow up to 9 m ( 30 ft) tall, but usually only about 4 m  (13 ft) high.

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Latania verschaffeltii (Yellow Latan Palm)

mature tall tree , height : about  9-10 m ( 30-33 ft)

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Common name : Yellow Latan Palm
Family :  Arecaceae
Minimum temperature: -1°C (30°F)
Foliage : evergreen.

Latania verschaffeltii is  is a species of flowering plant native to Rodrigues Island,  Mautitus. It grows slowly to about 12 m (40 feet) tall.

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Caryota urens (Toddy Palm)

Height : 8 m (27 ft)

Caryota urens

Common names : toddy fishtail palm, jaggery palm, solitary fishtail palm.
Lacal name : Kithul (Srilanka), Moha-karin (Sanskrit).
Family: Arecacea/Palmae.
Max- height : 12 m (40 ft).

Caryota urens is a fast growing feather leaf palm native to Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Burma. It is resembles a single trunked Caryota mitis (fishtail palm).

Dypsis madagascariensis

Actual height : 1.5 m  (5 ft)

Syn : Dypsis lucubensis,  Chrysalidocarpus lucubensis
Family:Arecaceae

DYPSIS MADAGASCARIENSIS is native to Madagascar. It is a medium sized  clustering / solitary palm, growing to 3 - 9 m tall.  Another name is Dypsis ankaizinenis.

Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm)

Wahingtonia Filifera 

Wahingtonia Filifera 

Wahingtonia Filifera 

Common name : California Fan Palm

Other names : Desert Fan Palm, American Cotton palm, Arizona Fan Palm,

Family : Arecaceae.

Genus : Washingtonia (the genus name honors the first President of the Unites States).

This palm is native to the desert oases of Central, southern and southwestern Arizona, southern Nevada, northwest Mexico and the inland deserts of Southern California.

Washingtonia filifera is very similar to Washingtonia robusta. Without seeing up close will be hard to distinguish them. Generaly, Washingtonia filifera has more thicker trunk than Robusta, and grows up to 23 m/60 feet(exceptionally 30 m) in height, while Robusta has a slender trunk and can reach 100 feet in height .  Also Washingtonia filifera  more hardy than Robusta, and will survive at temperatures of -10 °C with minor damage, and the leaf colour more dull than Robusta.Washingtonia filifera can live from 80 to 250 years or more. 

Washingtonia Robusta (Mexican Fan Palm)

washingtonia robusta
height: 9 m (27 ft)

Washingtonia robusta

Washingtonia robusta
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Common name: Mexican Fan Palm.

Family : Arecaceae

Genus : Washingtonia

This palm is native to northwestern Mexico and Southern California. It is a hardy palm which can survive on poor soils. Washingtonia Robusta grows up to 25 - 30 m tall.

Dypsis decaryi (Triangle Palm)

Common name : Triangle palm

Dypsis decaryi is a great ornamental plant, native to Madagascar. It's called the triangle palm because the leaf bases grow on three sides of the plant, forming a triangle.

It's a perennial, which can grow up to 12 m in height (the average height : 5-6 m), the leaves are about 2.5 meters in length.

Phoenix Sylvestris

phoenix sylvestris (small)

phoenix sylvestris (grey green leaves)

phoenix sylvestris ( silver bluish- green leaves)

Common names : Sylvester or Silver Date Palm, India Date Palm, wild date palm.
Family : Arecaceae
Genus : Phoenix
Synonyms : Elate sylvestris, Elate versicolor

Sylvester Date Palm is native to India and southern Pakistan. Grows up to 15 m in height. It is a cold hardy flowering palm plant, and can grow indoors. Its fruit have a sweet taste and is used to make wine and jelly. Sylvester Date Palm has very similar characteristics to Phoenix dactylifera   (true date palm). Its leaves are plumose type ( feathered) and more stiff than Phonix canariensis. 

Wodyetia bifurcata ( Foxtail Palm )

Wodyetia bifurcata

Wodyetia bifurcata
Young tree, height : 4.5m (15 ft)

Common name : Foxtail Palm.
Family: Arecaceae
Genus : Wodyetia

It is an exotic ornamental palm tree and suitable for tropical and sub-tropical climates.  Foxtail palms are native to the Northern Australia.

Palm : Borassus flabellifer

Height about : 14 m

Another names : Sugar palm,  Toddy palm, asian palmyra.
Local names :  Akadiru, Lontar, Munjalu, Nungu, Siwalan, Tari , Tal , Thaati  Tnaot..

This plant can live 100 years or more and reach a height of 30 m,. The large trunk resembles that of the coconut and is ringed with leaf scars. Young palmyra palms grow slowly in the beginning but then grow faster. Its growth pattern, large size, and clean habits make it an attractive landscape species.

A sugary sap, called Toddy, can be obtained from the young inflorescence, either male or female ones. Toddy is fermented to make a beverage called arrack, or it is concentrated to a crude sugar called jaggery. It is called Gula Jawa (Javanese sugar) in Indonesia and is widely used in Javanese cuisine. In addition, the tree sap is taken as a laxative, and medicinal values have been ascribed to other parts of the plant. (Wikipedia)

Ptychosperma macarthurii

Height : 6 m (19 ft)

Height : 6 m (19 ft)

Family : arecaceae
Genus : ptychosperma
Common name : macarthur palm
Propogation : by seed.

Ptychosperma macarthuriiis is native to the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. This plant is suitable for growing indoors, on the patio or deck

Areca Catechu

Height : about 9 m (30 ft)

Areca Catechu var alba (Golden Betel-nut Palm), height : 3 m (10 ft)

Common name : Betel-nut Palm, Areca nut.
Local name : Pinang, Pinang jambe, Puga (sanskrit).
Max. height :  20 m  ( 65 ft) tall

Areca Catechu orginally from Southeast Asia, but is now widely distributed in many tropical regions. This palm can  produces the areca nuts, which is used in some tropical countries as a mild stimulant.  Because  the areca nut is always chewed along with the betel leaf, this palm is erroneously called the betel tree...