Family:

Arecaceae

Habitat:

Ruderal meadow, garigue, rocky meadow, on sandy soils near the coast

Growth habit:

woody

Plant size:

Up to 9 m tall (especially in cultivation)

Flower colour:

yellow, inconspicuous

Flowering time

April - June

Leaf characteristics:

bLeaves: blue-green, roundish, up to 80 cm long, petiolate, divided along the edge like a fan into 10 - 20 two-columned, narrow, pointed sections

Flower characteristics:

gstalked, panicle-branched inflorescences, with 3 ovaries, 6 - 9 yellow stamens, inflorescences with 2 - 3 peripherally hairy bracts at the base when young

Fruit:

Drupe with fibrous outer layer, spherical to elongated, yellow to brownish in colour

Special features: