Deckenia
Read about Deckenia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Deckenia (after Karl von der Decken, German explorer of East Africa, killed in 1864 by the Somalis). Sometimes misspelled Deckeria: but there is a genus name Deckeria which, however, is regarded as a synonym of Iriartea. Palmaceae. One species, by some referred to Acanthophoenix, from the Seychelles, now intro. as a warmhouse palm. D. nobilis, Wendl., is a tall palm, reaching 100 ft. and more, and 1 ft. or more in diam.: lvs. pinnate, 10-12 ft. or more long, the sheath 3-6 ft. long and usually spiny; petiole about 1 ft. long, pale green and smooth; pinnae narrow, hairy beneath, bristly when young; midrib yellow: fls. monoecious, in 3's, the middle one female, the male with 9 stamens and minute perianth, the female with imbricate perianth: spadix with slender pendulous branches which are spiny at the base; spathes 2, spiny, seldom exceeding 1 ft.: fr. much compressed, ovoid-deltoid, 1/2 in. long and 1/6 in. thick, black turning to straw-colored.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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