Palms   Basselinia gracilis

Common Names: None Habitat: Found all over New Caledonia, from sea level to mountain tops, from rainforest, to fully exposed situations. Description: Clustering altho occasionally single trunked emergant palm to about 8m. Very colourfull crownshaft. Very variable. General: A common collectors palm, and by far the most commonly grown of the Basselinia . Culture: Easily grown in light shade, and moist well drained soil.

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Figure 6. B. gracilis

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Contributed by:

Rolf Kyburz, K-Palms

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