HOWEA FORSTERIANA

Very popular and widely cultivated, this beautiful palm is indigenous to Lord Howe Island. It has a tall, solitary trunk and a large crown of pinnate leaves with pendulous leaflets. Bears star-shaped, green female and pale brown male flowers, in erect, later pendent, axillary clusters of spikes, up to 1m long. They are followed by ellipsoid, orange red fruit, up to 2cm long but takes two years to begin ripening.

SYNOPSIS

Mature Size / Spread / Form	20m / Single trunk
Foliage Color	Bright green / Pale brown
Growth Rate	Slow
Sunlight tolerance	Medium
Wind tolerance	Low
Salinity tolerance	Low
Drought tolerance	Low
Family name	ARACACEAE / PALMAE