- Common name:
- Pritchardia Passifica, Fiji Fan Palm, Pacifica Fan Palm
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Fan Palm
- Category:
- Family:
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers are inconspicuous
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Yellow
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- More than 12 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 2 to 4 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spherical or rounded, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
-
- Suitable for road median planting
- Suitable for avenue planting
- Salt or salinity tolerant
- Grows best in humid and warm regions
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - Nation Tonga Islands.
- Very handsome fan palm.
- Mature trunk 30 ft high, 1 ft diameter.
- The younger parts of the stem covered in dense mat of brown fibers.
- Growing up to 12 ft wide & tall.
- Leaves 3-6 ft wide.
- The leaf is semicircular to diamond shaded.
- The leaf crown full and rounded with 40 leaves.
- The inflorescences 2-3 ft long. -
Growing tips:
- - Full sun and partial shade.
- The palm is adaptable to most free draining soil.
- Average but regular moisture.
- Some protection from full sunlight when small.
- Very cold sensitive. Gets damaged even in mild winters - but recovers by middle to late summer.
