Palm
Carpentaria Palm
Carpentaria acuminata (H.Wendl. & Drude) Becc.
FamilyArecaceae
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AlsoCarnaúba Palm, Carpenteria Palm
A fast-growing, single-trunked feather palm with a slender smooth grey trunk topped by a green crownshaft and arching dark green fronds about 2 m long. In the wild it grows in lowland areas near lakes and rivers. It produces large bunches of small fruits that ripen from red to black.
Sourced · see Record tab Least Concern (IUCN Red List, via GBIF). · IUCN
Worth knowingIt reaches maturity in only 5–6 years, by which time it is already about 10 m tall.
56on the estate
0carrying a tag
27sponsored
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Dawn B., USA | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Dawn B., USA | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Kristin F., USA | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Kristin F., USA | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Kristin F., USA | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Kristin F., USA | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Margaret J., USA | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Chris R., USA | Originally sponsored Golden Shower Tree. Now reassigned to Carpentaria Palm |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Anita V., USA | Originally sponsored Golden Shower Tree. Now reassigned to Carpentaria Palm |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Anita V., USA | Originally sponsored Golden Shower Tree. Now reassigned to Carpentaria Palm |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Ruth G., USA | Originally sponsored Golden Shower Tree. Now reassigned to Carpentaria Palm |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Ruth G., USA | Originally sponsored Golden Shower Tree. Now reassigned to Carpentaria Palm |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Ruth G., USA | Originally sponsored Golden Shower Tree. Now reassigned to Carpentaria Palm |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Bri-ann L., USA | Originally sponsored Golden Shower Tree. Now reassigned to Carpentaria Palm |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Bri-ann L., USA | Originally sponsored Golden Shower Tree. Now reassigned to Carpentaria Palm |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Bri-ann L., USA | Originally sponsored Golden Shower Tree. Now reassigned to Carpentaria Palm |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Jasmin G., Switzerland | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Shanjeev K., Malaysia | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Shanjeev K., Malaysia | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Denise T., France | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Valérie S., Germany | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Allan I., USA | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | Allan I., USA | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 17 June 2016 | Planted | — | |
| — | Palm Jungle | B | 13 June 2017 | Planted | — | 8’+ |
| — | — | B | 13 June 2017 | Planted | Karen Y., Malaysia | 8’+ |
| — | — | B | 13 June 2017 | Planted | Karen Y., Malaysia | 8’+ |
| — | — | B | 13 June 2017 | Planted | Karen Y., Malaysia | 8’+ |
| — | — | B | 13 June 2017 | Planted | Karen Y., Malaysia | 8’+ |
56 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.