Thanks Raman ji. This is one of the few palms grown in Delhi.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:22 PM, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > Golden Cane Palm is clump-growing with ringed, bamboo-like stems and > yellow leaf-ribs. The foliage is evergreen, of fine texture and > yellow-green in color. Pinnate, 6 to 8 pale green leaves per stem, 80 to > 100 leaflets, to 8 feet long (2.4 m). Yellow if grown with enough light, 2 > feet long. Yellow male and female flowers on the same inflorescence. Flower > stalk coming from below the leaves. Fruit is yellow to purple, 2 cm, oval > in shape. This is one of the most useful Palms of the tropics the world > around. Native to Madagascar, Golden Cane Palm is tropical-looking, serves > as a super, bamboo-like screening plant and is relatively pest-free. > > Raman >
