Tropicals, Woody > Hyophorbe > Hyophorbe verschaffeltii > Hyophorbe verschaffeltii
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii
Palmiste Marron, Spindle Palm
| Family |
| Arecaceae |
| Genus |
| Hyophorbe |
| Species |
| verschaffeltii |
| Category |
| Tropicals, Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a-11 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -2 to above 5 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 30 to 40 |
| Height |
| 6 m |
| Spread |
| 3-4 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A unique, different and popular palm that should be part of any palm collection, providing you don't get cold. Its fusiform trunk, silver unique crown shaft, and somewhat short leaves make it a very nice landscape palm. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Leaf Description |
| Pinnate, reduplicate, strongly arched, to 2 m long, with leaflets evenly spaced along the rachis and held in several planes for a plumose appearance. Upper leaf surface is green and lower is gray-green; the midrib is prominent. |
| Flower Description |
| Inflorescences are erect in bud, to 1 m long, with several horn-shaped buds circling the base of the waxy green crown shaft, densely branched with male and female flowers on the same inflorescence. |
| Fruit Description |
| The 2.5 cm long oval fruits which follow the flowers look like strands of purple beads. |
| Propagation |
| From seed; germinate in vitro in gelatin, agar or other medium. Seed may take several months to germinate and only fresh seed should be used. |
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