Palms   Cyrtostachys elegans

Common Names: Unknown Distribution & Habitat: New Guinea rainforest. Description: A medium sized clumping palm, to about 6m, with a very prominant green crownshaft. General: Not as spcatcular as its brother, the Lipstick Palm, C. renda , however, none the less, a very attractive, underutilised palm for the tropics. Culture: Like all Cyrtostachys , this one is very cold sensitive.

Figure 1. Collecting C. elegans seeds, in the Bewani Mountains, PNG.

Contributed by:

Rolf Kyburz, K-Palms (Figure 1)

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