Back to directoryAFRDA Tree and Palm Directory
Archontophoenix alexandrae
Tree profile

Archontophoenix alexandrae

Alexandra palm, Alexander palm, Northern bangalow palm, King palm, King Alexander palm

FamilyArecaceaePlant formPalmGallery5 photos
Description

A tall, solitary palm with large, stiff, feather-shaped leaves, exuding a graceful and elegant appearance. It can reach a height of 30 m tall with a trunk diameter of 30 cm.
BARK : smooth, circularly marked with prominent leaf scars, light grey; trunk base usually swollen; crownshaft light green, but occasionally brownish.
LEAVES: pinnate, 2 to 3 m long, unarmed, dark green above and silvery-white beneath.
FLOWER:  creamy white, arising below crownshaft.
FRUIT: round, 1 to 2 cm in diameter, bright red when ripen.

Uses

An ornamental palm
Can be used for riverbank binding.

Ecology

Native to Australia. It grows in swampy areas and along drainage lines in rainforest, gallery forest along seasonally dry creeks, vine forest, Melaleuca forest and mixed Eucalypt forest. It prefers full sun, but also tolerable to partial shade. It favours more water than most palms do and likes well draining soils. Able to be withstand indoors to some degree of tolerance.

Management

Fast-growing palm. Responds to mulching with an occasional deep watering during dry periods, particularly for young plants.

Scroll to Top