Cyrtostachys elegans
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in the Bewani Mountains, PNG.
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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.
Contributed by:
Rolf Kyburz,
(Figure 1)
