Dictyosperma

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Dictyosperma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Dictyosperma (Greek, netted seed). Palmaceae. Areca-like palms, comprising several species of desirable pinnate house and table palms that are becoming deservedly well known. Slender spineless palms, with a ringed trunk: lvs. equally pinnatisect; segms. linear-lanceolate, acuminate or bifid, the apical ones confluent; margins thickened, recurved at the base; midrib and nerves prominent, sparsely clothed with persistent scales beneath, or naked; rachis and petiole slender, scaly, 3-sided, furrowed, sheath elongated, entire: spadix on a short glabrous or tomentose peduncle, the branches erect or spreading and flexuose, the lower ones with membranaceous tracts at the base; spathes 2, complete, dorsally compressed, papery, the lower one 2-crested; fl.-bearing areas much depressed; bracts and bractlets scaly; pistillate fls. rather large, white or yellowish: fr. scaly, small, olive-shaped or subglobose.—There are 6 or 8 species all from Trop. Asia but only the following seem to be known in the trade. For cult., see Areca from which Dictyosperma differs only in having a 1-celled and 1-seeded fr. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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