Basselinia deplanchei

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Figure 1. Attractive crownshaft and inflorescense.

Habitat:

Hillsides and mountain slopes of east central and south New Caledonia, in both light shade and full sun positions.

Description:

Clustering (usually), solitary or even branched emergent palm to about 8 m.

General:

Very similar to B. gracilis

Culture:

Very difficult to grow out of its native habitat, and very slow.

Figure 2. Plant in fruit

Figure 3. Branched trunk.

Figure 4.

Figure 5. Group of B. deplanchei.

Contributed by:

Rolf Kyburz

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr, PalmTalk