Size: Slowly up to 20 feet (6 m) Up to 15 feet wide (4.5 m)
Min. Temperature: 30°F (-1°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Full sun to light shade
Origin: Rodrigues island
Leaf: Pinnate, 5 to 10 slightly plumose leaves with 100 to 160 leaflets, 10 feet long (3 m). unarmed, 1 foot long (30 cm) petioles.
Trunk: Green crownshaft, Narrow at the base, thicker at the middle. Gray with rings. 1.5 feet in diameter (45 cm).
Flower: Cream male and female flowers on the same inflorescence. Flower stalk coming from just below the crownshaft, 2.5 feet long.
Fruit: Black. One inch long. Oval.
Seed: Long and narrow.

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