Carpentaria Palm
Carpentaria acuminata
Size: Rapidly up to 40 feet (12 m) up to 12 feet in diameter (3.6 m)
Min. Temperature: 24 to 26°F (-4 to -3°C)
Water Requirements: Abundant water when growing
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Australia
Germination: It is better but not absolutely necessary to clean the seed from the remnants of fruit. The flesh of the seeds should not be handled with bare hands. They should germinate in 2 to 4 months at temperature above 80°F. First leaf is bifid.
Leaf: Pinnate,
12 leaves, about 100 leaflets,
6 feet long (1.8 m).
Trunk: Crownshaft,
gray brown, smooth. Leaf scars far apart on fast growing trees,
Up to 10 inches in diameter (25 cm), base same diameter as trunk.
Flower: in group of 3 with 2 male flowers for 1 female.
Flower stalk coming from under the crownshaft, 4 feet long (1.2 m).
Fruit: red to black.
0.75 inch long (2 cm).
ovoid.
Seed:
