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Chamaedorea cataractarum (Cat Palm, Cascade Palm, Cataract Palm)

Cat palm is a small type of palms native to Mexico, and ideal to use in small gardens or indoor. The plant is dioecious, which means that it has only one type of flowers, either male or female.

It grows in well drained soil, needs average watering and partial sun.

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  • Horticulture Management
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  • French Name: palmier cascade

    Pronunciation: kam-ee-DOR-ee-uh kat-uh-RAK-tar-um

  • Plant type: Palm

  • Origin: Mexico

  • Heat Zones: 8 to 16

    Hardiness Zones: 10 to 13

  • Uses: Screen, Border Plant, Indoor, Container, Windbreak

  • Size/Shape

    Growth Rate: Fast

    Tree Shape: Palm

    Canopy Density: Dense

    Canopy Texture: Coarse

    Height at Maturity: 1 to 1.5 m

    Spread at Maturity: 0.5 to 1 meter

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  • Foliage

    Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

    Leaf Type: Even Pinnately compound

    Leaf Blade: 20 - 30

    Leaf Margins: Entire

    Leaf Texture: Glossy

    Leaf Scent: No Fragance

    Color(growing season): Green

    Color(changing season): Green

  • Flower

    Flower Showiness: Yes

    Flower Sexuality: Diecious (Monosexual)

    Flower Scent: No Fragance

    Flower Color: Yellow

  • Trunk

    Trunk esthetic Values: Not Showy

  • Fruit

    Fruit Showiness: No

    Fruit Size Range: 0 - 1.5

    Fruit Color: Green, Black

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  • Forest & Kim Starr [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Tolerance

    Frost Tolerant: No

    Heat Tolerance: Yes

  • Requirements

    Soil Requirements: Loam, Sand

    Soil Ph Requirements: Neutral

    Water Requirements: Moderate

    Light Requirements: Part

  • Management

    Invasive Potential: Yes

    Pruning Requirements: Little needed, to develop a strong structure

    Edible Parts: None

    Plant Propagation: Seed, Division

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