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Archontophoenix purpurea
Mount Lewis King Palm is a tall rainforest palm endemic to the Wet Tropics of northeast Queensland, growing up to about 25 m. It is grown as a garden or conservatory palm in warm, humid, frost-free climates and needs shelter and steady moisture.
Archontophoenix purpurea is a palm tree native to Queensland, Australia.
This species is endemic to Northeast Queensland, and can be found on or near the mountains Finnigan, Spurgeon and Lewis in the Wet Tropics. It grows on granitic soils in the rainforest at altitudes of 400 to 1200 metres.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Archontophoenix purpurea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
