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Arecaceae
Bataua palm
Oenocarpus bataua
Also known as ungurahua palm, patawa palm, seje palm, Jessenia bataua
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tropical Palm · Amazon · Rainforest · Collector Palm · Tall Palm · Humid · Specimen Tree · Arecaceae · South American Palm
Bataua palm is a large tropical palm native to the Amazon basin that demands consistently warm temperatures, high humidity, and reliably moist soil to thrive. It is best suited to outdoor cultivation in USDA zones 10–12 or in a spacious heated greenhouse, and is not a practical houseplant. This specimen palm is a collector's plant that rewards dedicated growers with impressive architectural foliage.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply and consistently; soil should remain evenly moist but never waterlogged · Every 3-5 days in warm months; reduce to every 7-10 days in cooler periods
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 25 ft – 50 ft
- Spacing
- 360 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle
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