Australian Native Plants - Palms
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Caryota albertii
(Australian Fishtail Palm)
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Height
to 18m
Spread
to 6m
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The Australian Fishtail Palm is a fast growing single trunked palm palm tree with dark green bipinnate fronds, and pale grey or dark tan trunk with widely spaced rings. It has no crownshaft. The inflorescence is cream and the round fruit is red to... Read more >
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Licuala ramsayi
(Australian Fan Palm)
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Height
to 15m
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The Australian Fan Palm is an attractive rainforest palm with single trunk and large round leaves to 2m diameter. The leaves have a windmill appearance of wedge-shaped segments joined together. The leaflet tips are serrated around the margins. Read more >
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Livistona australis
(Cabbage Palm)
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Height
6m - 20m
Spread
3m - 5m
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The Cabbage Palm has a single grey trunk. The leaves are shiny green to 1.8m across. The flowers are creamy white and the fruit is black when ripe. The growing bud is edible (hence the name), but removing the growing tip kills the plant. It is fire... Read more >
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Livistona decipiens
(Ribbon Fan Palm)
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Height
10m to 20m
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Livistona decipiens is an attractive palm with light green drooping finely divided leaves to 3m long. It has attractive 2m long sprays of cream flowers in summer. Read more >
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Livistona rigida
(Mataranka Fan Palm)
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Height
to 20m
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The Mataranka Fan Palm is a single trunked fan palm. The leaves are stiff with waxy underside and grow to 4 m long with petiole to 2 m. Leaves have thorns along the margins. Old leaves hang round the trunk. Fruit is black and about 2 cm in diameter.... Read more >
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