Pronunciation: deh-MON-oar-rops ahn-gust-ih-FOE-lee-uh
Common Name: Water Rattan Palm
Daemonorophs angustifolia is a very attractive (at least as a young palm) rattan palm that seems to have some tolerance for California climates (at least the moderate frost free ones). It has nice, arching, flat, glossy bright green pinnate leaves with closely spaced, elegantly long leaflets. As it ages it probably becomes a bit of a pruning nightmare and best if grown far from walking trails.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: clustering with numerous pinnate leaves and branches
- Height: 30' estimate
- Trunk: multiple; 1" diameter; heavily armed with short, black, triangular spines
- Crownshaft: none
- Spread: 20'+
- Leaf Description: pinnate; flat; closely spaced, long, thin leaflets; shiny bright green; leaves up to 10' long
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 1' long; grey-green; roundish; armed
- Reproduction: dioecious
- Inflorescence:
- Fruit:
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 30F
- Drought Tolerance: low
- Dry Heat Tolerance: low
- Cool Tolerance: low
- Wind Tolerance: low
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow
- Soil Preference: adaptable?
- Light Requirement: filtered sun to partial sun
- Human Hazards: very spiny palm all over
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: unknown
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown
- Availability: very rare
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young palm in garden of Dennis Willoughby, San Diego, California, very near the coast
