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Cyphokentia macrostachya

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Light
Bright indirect
Native range
C. & S. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cyphokentia macrostachya is a species of palm endemic to New Caledonia.

Where it grows

Cyphokentia macrostachya grows in New Caledonian rain forest, from sea level to 900 m in elevation in free draining, schistose soil. They are not tolerant of frost and usually grow in filtered light or shade until they reach the canopy top in their later life.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyphokentia macrostachya by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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