Red Sealing-Wax Palm
Cyrtostachys renda
Also known as Lipstick Palm, Red Palm, Sealing Wax Palm
- Habit
- Palm (Cluster)
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cyrtostachys renda
- Genus
- Cyrtostachys
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Palm (Cluster)
- Native to
- Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“Its petioles grow up to 15 centimetres (5.9 inches) long and have pinnate leaves have about 50 pairs of pinnae.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Red Sealing-Wax 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 Red Sealing-Wax Palm
Red Sealing-wax Palm (Cyrtostachys renda) belongs to the Arecaceae family, where it grows as a clustering palm. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka and Puducherry. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental.
Arecaceae
Palm family
Red Sealing-Wax Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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