Christmas Palm,Manila Palm [W]
Adonidia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Arecaceae family. It consists of one species, the Manila Palm (Adonidia merrillii, synonyms: Normanbya merrillii Becc. and Veitchia merrillii(Becc.) H.E.Moore). It is commonly known as the "Christmas Palm" because its fruits become bright scarlet and tend to be that color in winter. This palm is typically fairly small and slender, normally attaining 15-25 feet in height but has attained 36 feet grown in greenhouse conditions.
Some palms sold in retail outlets as "adonidia" are in fact Alexander palms, which are similar but even thinner.
It is found naturally growing only in the Philippines. It is threatened by habitat loss.
On the other hand, it is widely planted in cultivation and grows well in tropical locations such ... ...Read More
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GENUS [A]Adonidia
SUB-FAMILY [N]Arecoideae
TRIBE [N]Areceae
SUB-TRIBE [N]Ptychospermatinae
PUBLICATION [A]
Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 329 (1919)
BIOLOGY [C][3]
Distribution [C][3]
Haiti, Caribbean, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Philippines, Borneo
USES [W]
SYNONYMS [C]
Normanbya merrillii Becc.
Veitchia merrillii (Becc.) H.E.Moore
CULTIVATION
Cold Hardiness Zone (USDA) 10a
GROWTH RATE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
exposure
MAX HEIGHT
BIBLIOGRAPHY & SOURCES
[3] Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
[3] Acevedo-RodrÃguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
[3] Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
[3] Dransfield, J., Uhl, N.W., Asmussen, C.B., Baker, W.J., Harley. M.M. & Lewis, C.E., Genera Palmarum; The evolution and classification of Palms
[3] Baker, W.J. (2010-). Personal communication on Arecaceae 3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
[A] Palmweb - Palms of the World Online - http://www.palmweb.org
[C] WCSP 2013. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Retrieved 2011 onwards
[N] The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
[W] Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonidia
eMonocot: http://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:3315
The World Checklist of Monocotyledons: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
IUCN Red List: http://discover.iucnredlist.org