Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook
| Family: | ARECACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Royal Palm | ||||
| Synonym: | Oreodoxa regia Kunth | ||||
| Common Name: | Bottle palm | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Throughout the year | ||||
| Distribution: | Native of Central and South America | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as avenue palm | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental, avenue plant | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Bottle palms are solitary palm; stem columnar, commonly bulging at middle and at base, outer surface smooth, dull grey in colour. Leaves spreading to all directions, leaflets arranged in 4 ranks. Inflorescence infrafoliar, enclosed in a tubular bract in the younger stages. Flower branches straight, slightly swollen at base, once or twice branched. Fruit globose, brown to dark purple when ripe. | ||||