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Revision as of 21:23, 26 August 2014

Pronunciation: HOW-ee-uh for-stir-ee-ANN-uh


Common Name: Kentia Palm, Paradise Palm

Howea forsteriana is one of the most commonly grown palms in the US, including southern California, where it not only performs very well as a tall specimen plant and canopy palm, but as a excellent indoor palm as well.

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: Solitary with a crown of 16-26 leaves
  • Height: 40'
  • Trunk: single; 8" in diameter with a flare/foot at the bottom; green with irregular rings
  • Crownshaft: none
  • Spread: 10'-16'
  • Leaf Description: pinnate; with leaflets lax in mature palms, though less so in juveniles; deep green; leaflets lined with several ridges; 6'-10' long; gently arching away from center
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: 2' long, smooth and unarmed; unsplit leaf bases-never retained on trunk
  • Reproduction: monoecious
  • Inflorescence: 3' long, pendulous with several closely spaced branches; white flowers
  • Fruit: 1.5" long, oblong with pointed ends; green to red when ripe
  • Seed:
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 26F
  • Drought Tolerance: moderate
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: moderate to poor
  • Wind Tolerance: moderate
  • Salt Tolerance: low
  • Growth Rate: slow to moderate with age
  • Soil Preference: widely adaptable
  • Light Requirement: full sun to full shade
  • Human Hazards: none
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: rare cases of 'leaning Howea syndrome'
  • Transplants?: somewhat tolerant as adult; easy as juvenile
  • Indoor?: excellent- possibly the best indoor palm there is
  • Availability: very common, though large plants still quite pricey

  • Orange county, California

  • Orange county, California

  • Fullerton arboretum, California

  • Los Angeles arboretum

  • San Diego Zoo, California

  • boxed for sale

  • look of mature palms in jungle-like climate, Hawaii

  • Hawaii

  • San Diego county, California

  • San Diego county

  • Ventura

  • Lotusland, Santa Barbara, California

  • Lotusland, Santa Barbara, California

  • boxed palm in San Diego county

  • Fullerton arboretum

  • Orange county, California

  • San Diego

  • Ventura county in desert-like climate

  • Los Angeles

  • boxed palms for sale

  • Orange county, California

  • Orange county

  • Orange county

  • San Diego, California

  • Los Angeles

  • Ventura, California

  • cleaned trunk

  • Huntington gardens, California

  • cleaned trunk

  • trunks with some fiber

  • trunk shot

  • trunks in Los Angeles

  • variegated trunk, San Diego county, California

  • Hawaii

  • potted plant in mall

  • potted palm in mall

  • indoor palm

  • young palm (seedling)

  • leaf shot

  • variegated palm

  • variegated petiole

  • immature fruits

  • maturing fruits

  • fruits mostly picked clean by squirrels and thieves

  • immature fruits, Ventura, California

  • maturing fruits, Santa Barbara, California

  • in fruit

  • example of leaf scorch

  • leaner in San Diego

  • leaner closer

  • leaning crown

  • leaning in Orange county

  • leaning in Santa Barbara, California

  • leaning, Orange County, California

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