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Chamaedorea seifrizii (Bamboo Palm, Reed Palm)

Bamboo palm is an upright small palm that is mostly used as indoor plant. It has diecious flowers, and grows a fruit that starts green in color, than become black when ripen.

This type of palm grows in shade or partially shaded ares, where soil is well drained, and is watered moderately.

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  • Botanical Description
  • Horticulture Management
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  • French Name: Palmier bambou

    Arabic Name: نخلة الخيزران

    Pronunciation: kam-ee-DOR-ee-uh see-FRIDZ-ee-eye

  • Plant type: Palm

  • Origin: Mexico, Central America

  • Heat Zones: 7 to 16

    Hardiness Zones: 10 to 13

  • Uses: Screen, Specimen, Indoor, Container, Windbreak

  • Size/Shape

    Growth Rate: Moderate

    Tree Shape: Upright

    Canopy Texture: Medium

    Height at Maturity: 1.5 to 3 m

    Spread at Maturity: 1 to 1.5 meters

    Time to Ultimate Height: 5 to 10 Years

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  • Foliage

    Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

    Leaf Type: Even Pinnately compound

    Leaf Blade: 10 - 20

    Leaf Margins: Entire

    Leaf Texture: Glossy

    Leaf Scent: No Fragance

    Color(growing season): Green

    Color(changing season): Green

  • Flower

    Flower Showiness: No

    Flower Sexuality: Diecious (Monosexual)

    Flower Scent: No Fragance

    Flower Color: Yellow

    Seasons: Summer

  • Trunk

    Trunk esthetic Values: Not Showy, Colored

  • Fruit

    Fruit Showiness: No

    Fruit Size Range: 0 - 1.5

    Fruit Color: Orange, Red, Black

    Seasons: Summer

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  • By Kurt Stüber [1] [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Tolerance

    Frost Tolerant: No

    Heat Tolerance: Yes

  • Requirements

    Soil Requirements: Loam, Sand

    Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic, Neutral

    Water Requirements: Moderate

    Light Requirements: Part, Shade

  • Management

    Invasive Potential: No

    Pruning Requirements: Little needed, to develop a strong structure

    Edible Parts: None

    Plant Propagation: Seed, Cutting

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