Editing Wallichia disticha

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[[File:Wallichia_disticha.jpg|frame|Figure 1. A magnificent specimen of ''W. disticha'' at the Townsville Palmetum.]]
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===Habitat:===
Low mountain valleys of Sikkim, and north India Himalayas.

===Description:===
An extremely unusual looking palm, in which the leaves form
just two rows on either side of the trunk i.e. looking down on the palm,
the leaves would all form a single straight line. It grows to about 7m tall,
while the long, course leaflets are dark green above, and greyish white
underneath.

===General:===
As mentioned above, an extraordinary looking palm, tho rarely found outside
palm collections. It is only short lived, getting to about 15 years old,
then flowering for 4-5 years, before dying.

===Culture:===
Although it comes from the Himalaya, it comes from the lower reaches which are
still tropical, so it prefers that climate, however it will grow in sheltered
sub-tropical areas.
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===Contributed by: ===
John L. Dowe (Figure 1 from '''''Palms & Cycads''''' No. 36, July-Sept 1992).<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Wallichia%20disticha Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/69b56251-6f37-47ad-9e09-d02044146482 PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Wallichia+disticha JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Wallichia+disticha Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Wallichia+disticha%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Wallichia+disticha%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Wallichia+disticha Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Wallichia+disticha%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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