Scientific Name:	Phoenix roebelenii
Pronunciation:	FEE-nicks -ee-eye roe-beh-LEN-ee-eye
Common Name:	Pygmy date palm
Family Name:	Arecaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves pinnate up to 1.2 m long, spiraling from a fibrous stem base, leaflets 25 cm long x 1 cm wide.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Upright Form: Texture: Mature Size: Height: 2 - 3m Spread: 2 - 3m Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Spiraled Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Pubescent Compound Leaf: Odd-pinnate Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acute Bases: Truncate Margins: Entire Additional Info: leaves 1 to 1.2 m long and may have scaly undersides on leaflets

Inflorescence Type: Panicle Flower Morphology: Colour (petals): Showy, Yellow Flower Time at Peak: Additional Info: rare on indoor plants

Fruit Type: Fruit Colour: Black Fruiting Time: Additional Info: fruit 1.5 cm long

Bark or Stem Colour:

Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	High indoor light level
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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