About Areca Palm
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, also known by its synonym Dypsis lutescens and as golden cane palm, areca palm, yellow palm, butterfly palm, or bamboo palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to Madagascar and naturalized in the Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Réunion, El Salvador, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Canary Islands, southern Florida, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, and the Leeward Antilles. Its native names are rehazo and lafahazo (from Malagasy hazo "tree" with reha "pride" and lafa "fibre", respectively).
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
- Genus
- Chrysalidocarpus
- Family
- ARECACEAE
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Arecaceae
Palm family
Areca Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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