Dypsis lutescens (433818662)

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Description: Arecaceae (palm family) » Dypsis lutescens DIP-sis -- pronunciation/meaning not known to me loo-TESS-enz: -- meaning, yellowish Common names of Dypsis lutescens (syn. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens): Chinese: di zong, san wei kui (as C. lutescens - Hong Kong), huang ye zi (as C. lutescens - Taiwan) • English: areca palm, bamboo palm, butterfly palm, cane palm, golden cane palm, golden feather palm, golden-yellow palm, madagascar palm, yellow butterfly palm, yellow palm • French: palmier cane d'or (Réunion) • German: goldblattpalme, goldfruchtpalme • Japanese: kogane yake yashi • Malay: pinang kuning (as C. lutescens) • Malagasy: lafahazo, lafaza, rehazo • Russian: khrizalidokarpus (as C. lutescens), khrizalidokarpus zheltovatii (as C. lutescens), trostnikovye pal'my (as C. lutescens) Origin: Madagascar, S. Florida, S. Arizona, S. California Golden Cane Palm is clump-growing with ringed, bamboo-like stems and yellow leaf-ribs. The foliage is evergreen, of fine texture and yellow-green in color. Pinnate, 6 to 8 pale green leaves per stem, 80 to 100 leaflets, to 8 feet long (2.4 m). Yellow if grown with enough light, 2 feet long. Yellow male and female flowers on the same inflorescence. Flower stalk coming from below the leaves. Fruit is yellow to purple, 2 cm, oval in shape. This is one of the most useful palms of the tropics the world around. Native to Madagascar, Golden Cane Palm is tropical-looking, serves as a super, bamboo-like screening plant and is relatively pest-free. References: Flowers of India • TopTropicals • Dave's Garden • M.M.P.N.D.. Date: 24 March 2007, 14:57. Source: Dypsis lutescens. Author: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location19° 42′ 33.69″ N, 72° 56′ 00.7″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 19.709357; 72.933528.