Dwarf solitary palm. Trunk to 2 m tall, slender, woody, grey. Leaves arching in a rounded crown, bright green, shiny. Leaflets very narrow, arranged in a flat plane. Flowers cream, densely crowded, in arching panicles to about 1 m long. Fruit slender, about 1 cm long, black when ripe.
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Grows near streams in sparse forest.
An attractive palm which is a very popular container plant, being successfully used on patios, verandahs and indoors. Also a popular garden plant which looks decorative in combination with water features. The fruit have a thin layer of edible flesh.
Dwarf solitary palm with a slender grey woody trunk and a rounded crown of bright green, shiny feather-shaped leaves with the leaflets arranged in a flat plane.
NSW: Sydney (Royal Botanic Garden Sydney). Vic: Melbourne (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Melbourne Gardens)).
Barrow (1994).
P. loureiri Kunth from India and Hong Kong has a solitary trunk to 3 m tall and 12 cm wide, covered with woody leaf bases. Leaves to 1.5 m long, dark green. Leaflets narrow, arranged in several planes. Fruit about 1.2 cm long, ellipsoid, dark purple. A decorative small palm easily confused with P. roebelenii but much less commonly grown.
P. pusilla Lour., Ceylon Date Palm from Sri Lanka has a solitary trunk to 3 m tall and 15 cm wide, densely covered with woody leaf bases. Leaves to 2 m long, grey green to glaucous. Leaflets narrow, arranged in several planes. Fruit about 1.5 cm long, ellipsoid, red to violet. [P. zeylanica Trimen]. An attractive small palm which is very adaptable in cultivation.The fruits have a thin layer of edible flesh.
P. rupicola T. Anders, Cliff Date Palm from India has a trunk to 5 m tall, covered with persistent woody leaf bases. Leaves arching to drooping in a rounded crown, bright green, shiny, often with a hanging skirt of dead leaves. Leaflets arranged in a flat plane. Flowers cream, densely crowded in arching panicles to about 2 m long. Fruit about 1.5 cm long, purplish-red when ripe. It grows naturally among boulders and on rocky slopes, cliffs and gorges. An attractive palm which is grown on a limited scale, mainly in temperate regions. Valued for its neat crown of arching, shiny leaves. Plants can produce suckers. Recognized as a moderate sized solitary or suckering palm with a slender trunk covered with woody leaf bases and a rounded crown of slender arching bright green feather-shaped leaves with the leaflets arranged in a flat plane. Specimens can be seen at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Melbourne Gardens) and Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
Source: (2005). Arecaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.