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Bactris caryotifolia
Bactris caryotifolia is a small, clump-forming palm shrub from Brazil's lowland rainforests, grown mainly for its attractive fishtail-like leaves. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions and is best kept in a sheltered spot or as a container plant.
Bactris caryotifolia, commonly known as caryota-leaf peach palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a shrub with pinnate leaves and purple to black fruits. The species is native to Brazil, and was described in 1881.
Bactris caryotifolia is native to the wet tropical biome of north-east and south-east Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bactris caryotifolia 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.
