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Dypsis lutescens
Also called Yellow butterfly palm, Areca Palm, Golden Cane Palm, Or Butterfly Palm, Butterfly Palm, Cane Palm, Golden Yellow Palm
Areca palm, a clump-forming palm with multiple cane-like stems and arching, feathery fronds, widely grown as a houseplant and garden ornamental in warm climates. It does best in bright, indirect light with humid, evenly moist conditions.
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to Madagascar. It has since been introduced to the South and Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and certain islands such as the Canary Islands and Réunion.
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens is native to Madagascar. It has since been introduced to the Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Réunion, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Canary Islands, southern Florida, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, and the Leeward Antilles.
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens in tropical and subtropical regions, and elsewhere indoors as a houseplant. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The plant may be massed and used as a landscape specimen, privacy screen, or informal hedge. It can be grown as a tree or shrub. In eastern Madagascar, the is also used in traditional medicine. However, certain parts of the plant contains cyanide compounds and are toxic. It was once used as a source of fibre to make fishing nets. In its introduced range, the plant acts as a supplier of fruit to some bird species such as great kiskadee, bananaquit, and sayaca tanager that feed on it opportunistically in Brazil.
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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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
