Growth Environment: | Tropical |
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Watch Parts: | Flower |
Scent: | Fragrant |
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Wodyetia bifurcata, the foxtail palm, is a species of palm in the family Arecaceae, native to Queensland, Australia.[1] It is the sole species in the genus Wodyetia.
Flowering: White flowers stalk that comes from the base of the crownshaft.[4]
Foliage: Variance of greenish colors; deep green to light green colors. Received its more commonly known Australian-English name from the appearance of its foliage, which is in a shape of a fox's tail.[4]
Fruits: 2 inches long. Olive green to green in the early stages. Orange red when ripe.[4]
Trunk: Similar to the king palm, the foxtail palm trunk is smooth, thin, and self-cleaning. It grows a single, double, or triple trunk that is slightly spindle-shaped to columnar reaching heights of about 30 ft. The trunk also has a closely ringed, dark grey to light gray color which slowly turns more and more white. The crownshaft of the foxtail palm is light to bright green and slightly swollen at the base