Stevensonia grandifolia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Stevensonia grandifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Stevensonia grandifolia, Duncan (Phoenicophorium sechellarum, Wendl.). Caudex 40-50 ft. high, very spiny when young, less so when old; petiole 9-18 in. long, pale green; blade cuneate-obovate, shortly bifid, about 6-7 ft. long and nearly as broad: spadix 3-6 ft. long, bearing many yellow fls. Seychelles. I.H. 12:433. B.M. 7277. Gn. 23, pp. 173, 320—Probably not cult. in Amer. The name Phoenicophorium (Thief-palm) commemorates the alleged theft of one of the original plants from Kew by a gardener in 1857. Phoenicophorium is antedated by Stevensonia, although a nomen nudum. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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