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In Singapore: Bentham's Fan Palm, Fan Palm, Cabbage Palm (Grown in Singapore)
Livistona benthamii is a solitary fan palm from northern Australia and New Guinea that grows in open forest near seasonally flooded ground. Give it bright light, steady moisture and warm, humid conditions.
Livistona benthamii is a species of palm. The natural distribution of this species is from Cape York to the Archer River in Queensland the Northern Territory in Australia and New Guinea. It is a solitary palm found in open forest near areas that are annually inundated. An example may be seen on the Freshwater lake Walk at the Cairns also known as Flecker Botanical Garden.
Australian Fan Palm · Fountain palm · Ribbon Fan Palm · Livistona endauensis · Livistona
[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 Livistona benthamii 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.
