Dypsis lutescens (H.Wendl.) Beentje & J.Dransf.
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| Family: | ARECACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Yellow Palm | ||||
| Synonym: | Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Wendl. | ||||
| Common Name: | Not available | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Throughout the year | ||||
| Distribution: | Native of Madagascar | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as garden plant | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental, hedge plant | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Dypsis lutescenshave smooth stem, up to 7.5 cm in diameter, greyish-green, ringed with distinct leaf scars; crownshaft yellowish-green. Fronds pinnate, yellowish-green to bright green (usually the older fronds will have leaflets with yellowish tips), spirally-arranged, soft, gracefully arching outward and downward, 1.6 to 2 m long, consisting of about 40 to 50 pairs of narrowly lanceolate leaflets. Inflorescences yellow, occurring at the base of the crownshaft. Fruits oblong, about 1.7 cm long, asymmetric, ripening from yellow to purple. | ||||