Livistona decora
Weeping Cabbage Palm
Weeping Cabbage Palm
Common name: Weeping Cabbage Palm
Conservation status: ...
Etymology:
Flowers:
Infloresences are up to 350 cm long, producing shiny black fruits up to 20 mm in diameter
Fruit:
Leaves:
Leaves are costapalmate
Petioles up to 300 long
Black spines along the margins
Stem & branches:
Up to 18 m tall
Roots:
Habit:
Habitat:
Sclerophyll woodlands
Distribution:
Endemic to Queensland
It is known only from Magnetic Island near the City of Townsville, and south along the coast as far as Rainbow Beach
Additional notes:
The species is now widely cultivated in arid regions worldwide as a decorative plant
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