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Pronunciation: DIP-siss YOU-till-iss

Common Name: Vonitra Palm

Dypsis utilis is another of the 'hairy' branching Dypsis that have been grown successfully in California for many decades now, though it is still not an overly common or popular palm. This is one of the larger hairy Dypsis and so far has proven fairly easy to grow, but suffers in full inland sun (partial sun near the coast might be tolerated).

Appearance and Biology

Habit: solitary, eventually branching once (though seems less likely in California) with a crown of 8-10 feather leaves per branch
Height: 20' estimate
Trunk: single; branching dichotomously eventually (usually once over 10' tall) with branches barely separated by than a few inches; covered with dense layers of drooping, long, brown fibers; bottom of trunk may be clean (or cleaned manually) of fibers and faintly ringed, sometimes with a good deal of red coloration on newly exposed trunk
Crownshaft: none
Spread: 8'-12'
Leaf Description: pinnate; flat; upright to nearly horizontal; deep green; new leaves reddish to orange-red
Petiole/Leaf bases: 1' long; unarmed; un-split leaf base
Reproduction: monoecious
Inflorescence: among or below leaves
Fruit: spherical; 1" diameter; purplish black when ripe

Horticultural Characteristics

Minimum Temp: 28F
Drought Tolerance: low
Dry Heat Tolerance: low to moderate
Cool Tolerance: low to moderate
Wind Tolerance: low
Salt Tolerance: unknown
Growth Rate: very slow to slow
Soil Preference: adaptable
Light Requirement: filtered light to partial sun near coast
Human Hazards: none
Disease or Horticultural Problems: none
Transplants?: unknown
Indoor?: unknown
Availability: rare

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