- Common name:
- Macarthur Palm, Clumping Kentia
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Kentia
- Category:
- ,
- Family:
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers are inconspicuous
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 6 to 8 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 4 to 6 meters
- Plant Form:
- Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
-
- Fragrant flowers or leaves
- Good for screening
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Suitable for road median planting
- Suitable for avenue planting
- Grows best in humid and warm regions
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - Native - Australia.
- Being extensively planted as an ornamental in many tropical countries.
- It is valued for its dense clumping habit and attractive, arching fronds which are dark green in shady positions and yellowish-green when exposed to the sun.
- Excellent palm to plant along walkways, near swimming pools etc. -
Growing tips:
- - Plants are quick growing and respond strongly to the application of nitrogenous fertilisers.
- This species hybridises freely with other members of the genus and a confusing array of hybrid progeny are found in cultivation.
- Plants need well drained - preferable acidic soils.
