Palms   Clinostigma savoryanum

Common Names: Pacific Beauty palm Habitat: Wet rainforest on Bonin Island. Description: A tall, slender emergent palm to about 15m, with a prominantly ringed trunk, long arching leaves, and a whitish waxy crownshaft. Culture: Full sun, and lots of water. A very strong grower, that is proving to be very popular in south-east Queensland.

Figure 1. Looking up into a young C. savoryanum .

Contributed by:

Michael Gray (Figure 1)

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