Linospadix monostachya (Walking Stick Palm)

Linospadix monostachya(walking stick palm)

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Walking Stick Flowers - Nightcap National Park

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Walking Stick Palm at Nymboi Binderay National_Park

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WALKING STICK PALM FACTS

distribution map showing range of Linospadix monostachya in Australia

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Common Name
Walking Stick Palm

Description
The Walking Stick Palm is a small solitary palm growing to about two or three metres tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 3 cm. It has dark green pinnate fronds with end two leaflets broader than the others. The flowering spike is long and slender, arching downwards. The fruit is red and grows along the length of the spike after flowering. The trunk used to be made into walking sticks - the genus used to known as Bacularia (from the Latin baculum which means meaning stick or staff). They can be grown as garden plants in deep shade in suitable climate.

Habitat
grows as an understorey plant in subtropical rainforest such as Lamington National Park and Mt Tambourine

Distribution
Linospadix monostachya is found in north east New South Wales and south east Queensland

Growth Characteristics
Height: 3m

Classification

Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Linospadix
Species:	monostachya
Common Name:	Walking Stick Palm

Relatives in same Genus
Linospadix minor