Palms   Deckenia nobilis

Habitat: An emergant palm of the rainforest on the Seychelles. 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. Culture: This palm is rather cold sensitive (as are all the Seychelles palms), and also requires very good drainage.

Figure 1.

Contributed by:	David Tanswell (Figure 1).
Reproduced from PALMS & CYCADS No. 59, Apr-June 1998.

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