Rhopalostylis sapida

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Habit   palm-cycad

Lifespan: perennial
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Read about Rhopalostylis sapida in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Rhopalostylis sapida, H. Wendl. & Drude (Areca sapida, Soland. Kentia sapida, Mast.). Nikau Palm. St. 6-30 ft. high, 6-9 in. diam., cylindrical, green or often a pale glaucous green: lvs. 4-6 ft. long, pinnate; segms. very narrow, linear; margin replicate: nerves, midrib, and petiole covered with minute scales: spadix 18-24 in. long, half inclosed in the spathe, much branched; fls. pale pinkish: fr. an ovoid drupe, brown. New Zeal. B.M. 5139.


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