Dypsis lutescens |
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Areca palm, butterfly palm, yellow butterfly palm |
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Leaves | 2–2.5 m; segments 60–70 cm, strongly ascending. |
Fruits | yellow, ellipsoid, 2.0–2.5 cm; yellow; apex acute; stigmatic scar basal. |
2n | = 32. |
Dypsis lutescens |
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Phenology | Flowering spring-- through summer. |
Habitat | Moist organic soil over limestone in mesic hammocks and disturbed wooded areas |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; native; Africa (native to Madagascar) [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | This species is a commonly cultivated ornamental palm in Florida, where it has escaped and sporadically naturalized in Dade County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Arecaceae > subfam. Arecoideae > tribe Areceae > subtribe Dypsidinae > Dypsis |
Synonyms | Chrysalidocarpus lutescens |
Name authority | (H. Wendland) Beentje & J. Dransfield: Palms Madagascar 212. (1995) |
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