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BRONZE PALM FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Bronze Palm
Other Names
Grey Palm, Orania Palm
Description
The Bronze Palm is a solitary palm growing to about ten metres in height (although very old plants can grow to twenty metres), and is the only species in the genus Oraniopsis. The fronds grow to six metres long and are pinnate with long narrow leaflets and are green with greyish underside. Fronds are stiff and held fairly upright giving the crown an inverted conical shape. The flower clusters are up to 1.2 metres long and produce male and female flowers on separate plants. The fruit is yellow or orange when ripe. This palm is very slow growing and does not start forming a trunk for twenty years or more.
Habitat
grows as understorey plant in rainforest on mountain ranges
Distribution
Oraniopsis appendiculata is found in north east Queensland
Growth Characteristics
Height: 6m - 20m
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Arecales | | Family: | Arecaceae | | Genus: | Oraniopsis | | Species: | appendiculata | | Common Name: | Bronze Palm |
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_001.jpg "Oraniopsis appendiculata")
_002.jpg "Oraniopsis appendiculata")