Sciencetific Name: Ptychosperma macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f.
Family Name: ARECACEAE
Growth Form | A densely-clumping, medium to tall, fast-growing palm that possesses slender, grey trunks topped with a dense, attractive, crown of arching, feathery fronds that are dark green on top and paler green beneath. |
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Trunk | Trunk slender, grey, prominently ringed with old leaf scars; crownshaft short, unarmed, light green. |
Foliage | Fronds pinnate (feather-shaped), medium to dark green above and paler green beneath, about 1.5 m long; leaflets linear-shaped, up to 30 cm long, with jagged tips that are seemingly torn or cut-off. |