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Arecaceae
Palmyra palm
Borassus flabellifer
Also known as Lontarus domestica, Borassus sundaicus, Borassus palm, Thrinax tunicata
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The Palmyra palm thrives in full sun and warm tropical climates, requiring deep, infrequent watering once established. It is a slow-to-establish but long-lived tree best suited to large outdoor spaces in frost-free regions. While drought-tolerant once mature, young trees benefit from regular watering during the first few years of growth.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is thoroughly moist, then allow the top 2 inches to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 240 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Fruit
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mauritania, Myanmar, Socotra, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle
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