Scientific Name: Phoenix roebelenii
Common Name: Pygmy date palm
Family Name: Arecaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Spiraled, Leathery, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Panicle, Yellow
Fruit: Berry (true), Black
Key ID Features:
Leaves pinnate up to 1.2m long, spiraling from a fibrous stem base, leaflets 25cm long x 1cm wide.