Dypsis lutescens (H.Wendl.) Beentje & J.Dransf.

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Family : Arecaceae

Synonym : Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Wendl.

Common Names : Yellow palm

Flowering Period : Throughout the year

Distribution : Native of Madagascar

Habitat : Grown as garden plant

Uses : Ornamental, hedge plant

Key Characters :

Dypsis lutescens have 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.