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CABBAGE PALM FACTS
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Common Name
Cabbage Palm
Description
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 tolerant.
Height
6m - 20m
Spread
3m - 5m
Habitat
Wet Sclerophyll Forest
Wildlife Interest
fruit attracts birds and butterflies.
Distribution
lowland forest and swamps of eastern Australia.
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Arecales | | Family: | Arecaceae | | Genus: | Livistona | | Species: | australis | | Common Name: | Cabbage Palm |
Relatives in same Genus
Livistona decipiens
Livistona rigida
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