| Other Name(s): |
AKA King Sago Palm |
| Category: |
Tree |
| Class: |
Perennial |
| Fruit: |
Males produce upright yellowish ellipsoid pollen cones (to 12 - 18" tall). Orbicular female cones produce vermilion seed |
| Foliage: |
Arching pinnate leaves (to 3 - 7 ft. long depending on age) form a loose, feather-like rosette with leaflets to 7" long. Each leaf has a large mid-rib with very narrow, rigid, spiny-tipped, deep green leaflets. Leaflets have revolute edges (margins rolled downward), hence the specific epithet |
| Trunk: |
Trunks take a long time to form (1"diameter trunks may take years to eventually reach 12" diameter) |
| Height: |
3 ft. - 10 ft. |
| Spread: |
3 ft. - 10 ft. |
| Growth rate: |
Very slow growth rate |
| Hardiness: |
Zones 9 to 10 |
| Light Requirements: |
Full sun to partial shade |
| Water Usage: |
Medium |
| Soil Type: |
Sandy, humusy, well-drained soil |
| Native Range: |
Kyushu (third largest Japanese island), the Ryukyu Islands and southern China |
| Photographer: |
William Khoury |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
(32.48877183°N, -83.92400206°W) |
| Bed(s): |
TREES - 1 Plant; |