Pronunciation: dez-MON-cuss oar-thuh-CAN-thus
Common Name: Basket Tie-Tie
Desmoncus orthacanthus is a rather unpopular, clustering Central American 'rattan' palm that has been grown in California probably more as a curiosity rather than a beautiful ornamental.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: clustering with a crown of 10-30 pinnate leaves per stem
- Height: 25'-30'
- Trunk: multiple; 1'2"-3/4" in diameter; sparsely ringed; intensely spiny with 1/2"-2" black to gray, stiff, very sharp spines; dull to olive green in color
- Crownshaft: none
- Spread: 5'-30'
- Leaf Description: pinnate; ovoid leaflets in clusters of 2-4 along rachis;
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