Normanbya normanbyi
COMMON NAME | Queensland black palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | A
tall, handsome palm, growing about 60 feet tall, with a 12 foot leaf spread.
The trunk is smooth, slender, and closely ringed, and becomes almost black as
the palm gets older. The bushy
appearance of the fronds is very similar to the Foxtail palm, Wodyetia
bifurcata. In fact, the two palms are very difficult to tell apart, the main
difference being that N. normanbyi has a silverish tinge to the underside of
the leaves. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | North-eastern Queensland, Australia |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Grows
in wet rainforests, often along rivers or creeks, and also in swampy areas in
lowlands, up to 300 m. elevation |
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