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Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F. Cook

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Family : ARECACEAE/PALMAE

Synonym : Oreodoxa regia Kunth

Common Names : Bottle palm, Royal palm

Flowering Period : Throughout the year

Distribution : Native of Central and South America

Habitat : Grown as avenue palm

Uses : Ornamental, avenue plant

Key Characters :

Bottle palms are solitary palm; stem columnar, commonly bulging at middle and at base, outer surface smooth, dull grey in colour. Leaves spreading to all directions, leaflets arranged in 4 ranks. Inflorescence infrafoliar, enclosed in a tubular bract in the younger stages. Flower branches straight, slightly swollen at base, once or twice branched. Fruit globose, brown to dark purple when ripe.