Palm
Foxtail Palm
Wodyetia bifurcata A.K.Irvine
Northern Queensland, Australia
Fun factThe palm was discovered in 1978 and named after an Aboriginal man called Wodyeti. High demand for it led poachers to illegally harvest seed from protected areas in Australia, endangering wild populations.
A solitary, fast-growing palm with a smooth, light grey to almost white trunk that is slightly swollen mid-length and marked with dark leaf scars, topped by a pale to blue-green crownshaft. Its fronds are densely plumose, with leaflets radiating at many angles around the leaf stalk, giving each frond the look of a fox's tail. Ripe fruits are egg-shaped and orange to red.
Sourced · see Record tab
30on the estate
0carrying a tag
9sponsored
FamilyArecaceae
Spanish namePalma cola de zorro
Also known asPalma cola de zorro
Native toEndemic to northern Queensland, Australia (Melville Range), in scrubland on the rocky north-eastern peninsula
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Valérie S., Germany | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Valérie S., Germany | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Valérie S., Germany | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Valérie S., Germany | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Valérie S., Germany | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Valérie S., Germany | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Valérie S., Germany | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Yuliana S., Israel | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Yuliana S., Israel | |
| — | 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 | — | |
| — | 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 | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — |
30 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.