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PLANT FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Mount Lewis King Palm
Other Names
Purple Alexandra Palm, Mount Lewis Archontophoenix
Description
The Mount Lewis King Palm grows to about twenty five metres tall and has a trunk that grows to about 30 cm in diameter and broadens at the base. The fronds are pinnate and grow to about four metres long and have silvery scales on the underside like the Alexandra Palm. It gets its name from the distinctive reddish purple coloured crownshaft. It produces clusters of creamy white flowers followed by dark red fruit about 25 mm long. It is similar to other Archontophoenix, with differences including the purple crownshaft and larger fruit.
Habitat
grows on gravelly soil in tropical rainforest
Distribution
Archontophoenix purpurea is found naturally in the Mount Lewis area of northern Queensland
Growth Characteristics
Height: 25m
Spread: fronds to 4m
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Arecales | | Family: | Arecaceae | | Genus: | Archontophoenix | | Species: | purpurea | | Common Name: | Mount Lewis King Palm |
Relatives in same Genus
Archontophoenix alexandrae
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Archontophoenix maxima
Archontophoenix myolensis
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