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Chamaedorea cataractarum
Also called Cat Palm
In Singapore: Cascade Palm, Cat Palm, Cataract Palm, Mexican Hat Palm, 缨络椰子 (Grown in Singapore)
Cascade palm (Chamaedorea cataractarum), also called cat palm, is a small, trunkless, clumping palm from southern Mexico and Central America that forms dense clumps over time. It needs bright light, steady moisture and warmth, and it is grown as a houseplant or garden plant in tropical and subtropical areas.
Chamaedorea cataractarum, the cat palm, cascade palm, or cataract palm, is a small palm tree. It is native to Southern Mexico and Central America.
Cat palms require high light for indoor house plants. The suggested minimum temperature is 4.5 °C (40.1 °F). They are particularly susceptible to dry soil, and water must be applied regularly. Fertilizer should be applied every one or two months.
It is grown as a garden plant in tropical and subtropical regions and climates.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaedorea cataractarum 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.
