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Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Also called Bangalow Palm, Piccabeen Bangalow Palm, Piccabeen Palm, King Palm
A tall, single-trunked palm native to the east coast of Australia, grown as a feature tree in warm climates and sometimes as a large container plant. It needs warmth, moisture and some shelter, especially when young.
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana – commonly known as Bangalow palm, king palm, Illawarra palm or piccabeen palm – is a tree in the palm family Arecaceae, which is endemic to the east coast of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.
The native range of the Bangalow palm is from Mount Elliot, near Townsville in tropical Queensland, southwards in coastal and sub-coastal areas to Bateman's Bay in southern New South Wales. It grows in rainforest and wet scleophyll forest, in swampy areas and beside rivers and creeks, at altitudes ranging from sea level to 1,200 m (3,940 ft).
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
