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CARPENTARIA PALM FACTS |
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Common Name
Carpentaria Palm
Other Names
Carpie
Description
The Carpentaria Palm is a tall elegant solitary feather-leaved palm that grows to about twenty metres tall. The trunk is grey with rings that are fairly widely spaced.. It has a crown of up to a dozen pinnate dark green fronds about two to four metres long with narrow leaflets. The palm is self-cleaning with green crownshaft. White flowers are produced in branched clusters about a metre long from the leaf bases. The red fruit have caustic flesh and are about 2 cm in diameter. the Carpentaria is a popular palm in cultivation in frost free areas.
Habitat
grows near water in vine forest and in rainforest
Distribution
Carpentaria acuminata is found in tropical areas of coastal Northern Territory,
Growth Characteristics
Height: 10m - 20m
Spread: fronds 2m to 4m
Wildlife Interest
fruits attract birds and fruit bats
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Arecales | | Family: | Arecaceae | | Genus: | Carpentaria | | Species: | acuminata | | Common Name: | Carpentaria Palm |
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