Common names: wild date palm (Eng.); wilde-dadelboom (Afr.); mopalamo (Northern Sotho); moséfa (Tswana); isundu (Xhosa, Zulu)
Family: Arecaceae
... Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden October 2004 Phoenix reclinata can reach up to 12 m but is most often ... eaten by the palm-tree nightfighter butterfly caterpillar. Phoenix This palm could be used as a specimen tree in a large ... probably affect the ultimate size and shape of the palm. Phoenix is the Greek name for the date palm and reclinata is ...
11 / 10 / 2004 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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