✿Arecaceae · Chamaedorea
Metallic Palm
Chamaedorea metallica
Palmboth
- Habit
- Palm
- Native to
- Rain forests of Mexico
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chamaedorea metallica
- Genus
- Chamaedorea
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Palm
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Rain forests of Mexico
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Metallic Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Metallic Palm
Metallic Palm (Chamaedorea metallica) is a palm in the Arecaceae family. It is native to Rain forests of Mexico. It is cultivated.

Botanical family
Arecaceae
Palm family
Metallic Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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