As recorded for Hurricane Palm
Dictyosperma album
Hurricane Palm
Also known as Princess Palm
- Habit
- Palm
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range does not include India Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Mascarenes. Not listed native does not establish introduction or absence from India.
- Recorded habitat
- Cultivated
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How to identify Hurricane Palm
Identify Hurricane Palm by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a palm habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds).
- Confirm leaf shape: Orbicular.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Arecaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hurricane Palm.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dictyosperma album
- Genus
- Dictyosperma
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Palm
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Mascarene Islands
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds)recorded
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“The crownshaft is over a meter tall, swollen at the base, and covered in white wax— which has given the palm its epithet album— and small, matted brown hairs, producing a rounded l” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hurricane Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
Typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Hurricane Palm
Hurricane Palm (Dictyosperma album) belongs to the Arecaceae family, where it grows as a palm. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra. It is cultivated.
Arecaceae
Palm family
Hurricane Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
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