Basic Information:

基本資料:

Scientific Name:
Archontophoenix alexandrae

名稱:
假檳榔

Common Name:
Alexandra palm

俗稱:
亞歷山大椰子

Family Name:
Arecaceae

科屬:
棕櫚科

Habit:
Palm

習性:
棕櫚

Origin Name:

Exotic; Eastern Australia.

原產地:

外來；澳洲東部。

Features:

特徵:

Height:
Up to 20m tall

高度:
可高達20米

Stems:
Main stem solitary, slim, with a diameter of about 15 cm. Conspicuous grey-and-white alternating rings, arranged in step-like order. Alike the neck of a stretchable straw.

莖:
單一主莖，纖細，直徑約15厘米。具明顯灰白相間的的環紋，梯級狀排列，像可伸縮飲管的頸。

Leaf:

Grow on the apex of stem. Pinnate, extremely large, about 80 elongated-lanceolate pinnae on each side, arranged regularly on the same plane.
Like an enlarged feather. Green and thick leaf sheaths embrace the stem.

葉:

生於莖頂。羽狀全裂，甚大，兩邊各具約80條長披針形的羽片，整齊地排列於同一平面，猶如放大的羽毛。葉鞘抱莖，綠色肥厚。

Flower:

• Milky white, inflorescent pendulous and branched, like water spring.
• Flowering: Apr

花:

• 乳白色，花序下垂多分枝，依稀像噴泉。
• 花期: 4月

Fruit:

• Drupe, ovoid to globose, red when mature, with one seed.
• Fruiting: Apr - Jul

果實:

• 核果，卵狀至球狀，成熟時紅色，含一粒種子。
• 果期: 4 - 7月