Palms   Cyphokentia macrostachya

Synonymy:
None

Common Names:
None

Habitat:
Rainforest on La Grande-Terre, New Caledonia.

Description:
Attractive, medium to large emergant palm (to about 15m), with severely recurved leaves, and a powdery, white crownshaft.

General:
Very closely related to Moratia .

Culture:
Very rarely seen in cultivation. Very slow growing.

Figure 1. C. macrostachya in habitat, New Caledonia.

Contributed by:

John Lyle (Figure 1).

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