Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-633.44.11
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
English: Bangalow palm; King palm; Illawara palm; Piccabben; Piccabeen.
Clades: Arecaceae; Arecales; Commelinoids; Liliidae; Lilianae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Region: Australia.
Use: urban environments.
Botany: palm, over 20 m tall; leaves evergreen; flowers violet, midsummer; fruits red, attractive to birds; habitat wet subtropics, good water supply, ravines and grottos; fronds do not create a nesting environment for insects or macrofauna like rodents.
Culture: ornamental; noxious invasive species, replacing native palms like Euterpe edulis.
