Basic Information:

基本資料:

Scientific Name:
Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman

名稱:
皇后葵

Common Name:
Queen palm, Cocos Palm

俗名:
金山葵，女王椰子

Family Name:
Arecaceae

科屬:
棕櫚科

Habit:
Palm

習性:
棕櫚

Origin Name:

Exotic; Originating from Brazil, it is now widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions that include Australia and South China.

原產地:

外來；產自巴西，現廣泛栽種於熱帶及亞熱帶地區，包括澳洲及中國南部。

Features:

特徵:

Height:
Up to 16m tall

高度:
可高達16米

Stems:
Solitary stem dark grey, diameter 20 to 40 cm, with ringed leaf scars.

莖:
單一主莖暗灰色，直徑20至40厘米，具環狀葉痕。

Leaf:

Large, recurved downward. Pinnate, pinnae 150 to 200, linear-lanceolate, apex bifid, irregularly arranged, spreading in different planes.

葉:

大且向下彎曲。羽狀全裂，羽片150至200片，線狀披針形，先端2淺裂，排列不規則，著生於不同平面。

Flower:

• Inflorescences axillary, over 1 m long. Monoecious, male flowers borne on upper rachis, female flowers borne on middle to lower rachis.
• Flowering: Feb

花:

• 花序腋生，長達1米以上。雌雄同株，頂部生雄花，基部至中部生雌花。
• 花期: 2月

Fruit:

• Subglobose to obovoid, slightly beaked, orange when fresh. Exocarp smooth.
• Fruiting: Nov – Mar of the following year

果實:

• 近球形至倒卵球形，稍具喙，新鮮時橙黃色。外果皮光滑。
• 果期: 11 - 3月