Palms   Satakentia liukiuensis

Synonymy: Unknown Common Names: Satake Palm Distribution & Habitat: Open forest on Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Description: An attractive, medium sized, solitary feather palm, to about 10m tall, and similar in appearance to the coconut palm. General: Not often seen, but becoming more popular. Culture: A sunny, moist, well drained position. Frost tolerant. Slow growing.

Figure 1. S. liukiuensis at the Mt. Cootha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.

Figure 2. A very fine stand of mature S. liukiuensis .

Contributed by:	Mike Gray (Figure 1)
	Ken Johnson (Figure 2)

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