Deckenia nobilis

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Figure 1. D. nobilisin Oahu t Ho'O'Mahulia, Oahu, Hawaii.

Common Names:

Millionaire's Salad

Conservation Status:

Endangered
It is harvested for the edible palm heart.

Distribution & Habitat:

An emergent palm of the Seychelles in lowland forest up to 600 m.

Description:

A very tall (to 35m), slender palm, with a whitish crownshaft. The dark green, pinnate leaves are covered in black spines on the underside, however they form a very attractive crown. It also has a very spiny seed pod and the seed are about the size of a sunflower kernel.

Culture:

This palm is rather cold sensitive (as are all the Seychelles palms), and also requires very good drainage.

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Figure 2. D. nobilis

Figure 3. D. nobilis

Figure 4. D. nobilis spathes and inflorescences.

Figure 5. D. nobilis spathes and inflorescences.

Contributed by:

Jeff White (Figure 1)
Phillip Arrowsmith (Figures 2,3,45).

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, IUCN, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr, PalmTalk