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ALEXANDRA PALM FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Alexandra Palm
Other Names
Alexander palm, King palm, Northern Bangalow Palm
Description
The Alexandra Palm is an elegant self-cleaning palm with a pale green crownshaft. The pinnate fronds are green above and paler silvery green below, and grow to about two metres long. The trunk is grey and ringed and often enlarged at the base. It produces large creamy white flowers clusters from the base of the crownshaft. The fruit is red berries about 1 cm in diameter. It is a popular garden palm in cultivation. It is similar to the Piccabeen Palm which has green underside to the leaves instead of silvery colour, and usually has a less swollen base.
Habitat
coastal rainforest
Distribution
Archontophoenix alexandrae is found in central and northern Queensland
Growth Characteristics
Height: 15m - 25m
Spread: fronds 2m - 3m
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Arecales | | Family: | Arecaceae | | Genus: | Archontophoenix | | Species: | alexandrae | | Common Name: | Alexandra Palm |
Relatives in same Genus
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Archontophoenix maxima
Archontophoenix myolensis
Archontophoenix purpurea
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,_Palm_Grove,_Australian_Plant_Communities_(5138446877).jpg "Archontophoenix alexandrae")
