General Landscape Uses: Specimen plant, tropical backdrops

Ecological Restoration Notes: Not recommended

Description: A large tropical palm that despite its name and palm like appearance, it is more closely related to Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise).

Dimensions: Height 30 – 50 ft.; Spread 15 – 25 ft.

Growth Rate: Moderate to fast

Native Range: Madagascar

Native Habitats: Humid lowland forests, moist woodlands and disturbed forest margins, riverbanks

Soils: Rich, well-draining, consistently moist soil

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate to high

Salt Water Tolerance: Low

Salt Wind Tolerance: Low to moderate

Drought Tolerance: Low to moderate

Light Requirements: Full sun

Flower Color: White

Flower Characteristics: Showy

Flowering Season: Late spring to summer

Fruit: Woody capsule

Wildlife and Ecology: Flowers pollinated by lemurs and birds

Horticultural Notes: Grown from seed, division

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