Palm
Areca Palm
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H.Wendl.
Eastern Madagascar
Fun factThe genus name Chrysalidocarpus refers to the fruit's resemblance to a butterfly chrysalis, and lutescens means 'turning yellow', for the plant's yellow flowers, stems and leaflet midribs.
A clustering palm with many slender, cane-like stems ringed with leaf scars, and arching yellow-green fronds whose leaflets are held in a V. Stems, leaf stalks and leaflet midribs take on a golden-yellow colour, especially in sun, which gives it the name golden cane palm. It is one of the most widely grown indoor palms and, outdoors in the tropics, is often planted in clumps as a screen or informal hedge.
Sourced · see Record tab
9on the estate
0carrying a tag
0sponsored
FamilyArecaceae
Spanish namePalmera amarilla
Also known asGolden Cane Palm, Butterfly Palm, Bamboo Palm, Yellow Palm, Palmera amarilla
Native toEastern Madagascar, where it grows in wet forest and along riverbanks
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — |
9 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.