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Palm lily

Cordyline petiolaris, Fam. Laxmanniaceae


Shrub to 5m high, often sprawling and branched.

Weed Category:
Weed: No
Form or habit: Palm or palm-like plant
Family: Laxmanniaceae
Leaf:
Elliptic, 30–80 x 4–12cm wide, lamina often bent downwards about the middle and irregularly toothed or frayed and often split at apex, base narrowed into inrolled petiole. Petiole 15–45cm long, tubular in section.
Flower conspicuous: Conspicuous
Flower colour:

White, Mauve

Flower description: Panicles 20–40cm long; scape 25–50cm long, becoming pendulous. Pedicels about 0.5mm long. Perianth glabrous, white to mauve, tepals equal, 6–7.5mm long.
Fruit conspicuous: Conspicuous
Fruit colour:

Red

Fruit:
Fruit description: Red fruit, 0.7–10mm in diameter.
Habitat: Open forest, rainforest.
Distribution Queensland, New South Wales.
Food source for:
Toxicity: No toxicity known
Origin: Australia.
Notes:
Information sources: PlantNET (2022) Cordyline petiolaris (Domin) Pedley FloraOnline.

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