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FOXTAIL PALM FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Foxtail Palm
Description
The Foxtail Palm is an attractive self-cleaning palm with tall grey ringed trunk and green crown shaft. The plant grows to ten metres tall. The fronds are long and feathery and give rise to the common name of foxtail. The flowers grow from the bottom of the crown shaft and are followed by large orange oval fruit about 5cm long. The Foxtail Palm was discovered in the late 1970's and there used to be a black market in its seed. The Foxtail Palm is now a popular garden palm and now there are a large number of fruiting plants in cultivation.
Habitat
exposed gravel hills in the Cape Melville National Park
Distribution
Wodyetia bifurcata is found in Cape Melville on Cape York, north Queensland.
Growth Characteristics
Height: to 10m
Spread: fronds 2m - 3m long
Propagation
Seed germinates in 1-2 months if kept at about 30 ℃ C.
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Arecales | | Family: | Arecaceae | | Genus: | Wodyetia | | Species: | bifurcata | | Common Name: | Foxtail Palm |
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