Common Garden palm in our area On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:20 PM, raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Fishtail palm is a fast growing feather palm that makes a beautiful > addition to the landscape. It has a gray trunk (grows to about 30') that is > covered by regularly spaced leaf scar rings. Toddy palm has a leaf shape > that resembles the lower fin of a fish. When these palms grow to reach 20', > they start producing flowers at the top of the trunk with subsequent > flowers produced lower and lower on the trunk. When the lowest flower > blooms, the tree dies. Flowers are long plait like bunches hanging down. > Toddy palm is an Asian species that grows from India to Burma and on the > island country of Sri Lanka. > > > Raman > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
