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Cyphophoenix nucele

Cyphophoenix nucele
Photo: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0

Cyphophoenix nucele is a slender, single-trunked palm from New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands, reaching about 12 m tall with a crown of up to eight spreading leaves. It is a rare palm that needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and is mainly grown in tropical or subtropical gardens and collections.

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist while young and water regularly in dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile potting mix or garden loam with organic matter.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
New Caledonia (Îs. Loyauté)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cyphophoenix nucele is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.

Other Cyphophoenix plants

Cyphophoenix alba · Cyphophoenix elegans · Cyphophoenix fulcita · Cyphophoenix

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyphophoenix nucele 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.

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