Arenga palm or southern arenga
Arenga australasica
About
Arenga australasica, commonly known as arenga palm or southern arenga, is a plant in the palm family Arecaceae found only in the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. It has a clustering habit and it may reach 20 m (66 ft) in height with a trunk diameter of 30 cm (12 in). Fronds can be up to 4 m (13 ft) long with numerous leaflets, dark green above and grey underneath. Inflorescences are produced from the bases of the fronds and can reach a length of 2 m, carrying numerous pendant panicles of flowers. The flowers are in clusters of 3 with one pistillate and two staminate flowers. The red or purple fruit are almost spherical in shape, about 28 mm (1.1 in) diameter and contain two or three seeds.
- Family
- Arecaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Arenga australasica
- Slug
- arenga-australasica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Arenga
- Species
- australasica
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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