sugar palm plant Discover the Nutritional Benefits of the Sugar Palm Fruit

sugar palm plant Discover the Nutritional Benefits of the Sugar Palm FruitCommon name: Sugar Palm, Gomuti Palm, Aren Category: Palms and Cycads Family: Palmae or Coconut family Light: Sun growing Water: Normal Primarily grown for: Foliage Flowering season: Flowers are inconspicuous Foliage color: Green Plant Height or length: More than 12 meters Plant Spread or Width: 8 to 12 meters Plant Form: Upright or Erect Special Character: Indigenous (native to India) Good for screening Thorny or Spiny Suitable for road median

Common name:

Sugar Palm, Gomuti Palm, Aren

Category:

Palms and Cycads

Family:

Palmae or Coconut family

Light:

Sun growing

Water:

Normal

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Flowers are inconspicuous

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

More than 12 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

8 to 12 meters

Plant Form:

Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Indigenous (native to India)
• Good for screening
• Thorny or Spiny
• Suitable for road median planting
• Suitable for avenue planting
• Good on seaside
• Grows best in humid and warm regions

Plant Description:

- Origin - India, South - East Asia
- This palm, originally from India and South East Asia, is now widely cultivated throughout tropical Asia for its many useful products, some of which are saleable items.
-These include sago, sugar, vinegar and alcoholic beverages.
-It is a very distinctive monocarpic palm with a thick, black fibrous trunk, long spines on the leaf-bases and a dense, erect crown of finely pinnate leaves with drooping, dark green leaflets which are satiny white beneath
-The flower and fruit are carried in larg,drooping panicles and the purple flower have an unpleasant odour.

Growing tips:

-The palm succeeds best in the tropics where it can be quite fast growing, reaching maturity within ten year.
-It need rich, well-drained soil and plenty of water throughout the year.
-Plant will tolerate direct sun when quite small.