Palms
Palms are monocots that grow as trees. A palm trunk has no growth rings and doesn’t get thicker each year; it grows only from a single bud at the top, and if that bud dies, the palm dies.
Areca Palm
Dypsis lutescens
A clumping palm from Madagascar with feathery fronds on golden stems. It isn’t the palm that gives areca nuts, and like all palms, its stems never grow thicker with age.
King Palm
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
A tall, fast-growing palm from eastern Australia with a smooth green crownshaft, the sheath of leaf bases at the top of the trunk.
Majesty Palm
Ravenea rivularis
Wild majesty palms grow along rivers in Madagascar, where they are now rare. Their arching fronds can reach three meters.
Parlor Palm
Chamaedorea elegans
A small palm from the rainforest floor of Mexico that grows well in shade, which made it a favorite houseplant in Victorian parlors.
Pygmy Date Palm
Phoenix roebelenii
A small cousin of the date palm, with soft, arching fronds and sharp spines near the base of each leaf.
Lady Palm
Rhapis excelsa
Instead of one trunk, it grows clumps of thin, bamboo-like stems topped with fan-shaped leaves.
Date Palm
छोकडा
Phoenix dactylifera
Date palms are either male or female, and only females bear dates. Farmers have pollinated them by hand for thousands of years to be sure of a crop.
More in The Plant Family Tree
The garden is alive and changes through the year. Some plants flower, fruit, or rest only in certain seasons, so what you see depends on when you visit.
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Every plant here grows on our campus in Bhaktapur. Walk the garden on your visit.
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