Formosa Palm Arenga engleri 10 Seeds

The Formosa palm, radiates a tropical beauty and is considered to be among the finest landscape and cultivated palms. It is one of the most cold hardy pinnate palms in the world. It is hardy in zones 8b-11. Mature and established plants can tolerate temperatures down to about 15- 25º F. The Formosa palm is native to islands south of Japan, including Taiwan (Formosa) and the Ryukyu Islands. It occurs on slopes in dense forests. This attractive clustering palm grows up to 15 feet in height. The stems are cloaked with delicate black fibers. The Formosa palm has long, graceful pinnate leaves that are dark green on the upper surfaces and silvery on the lower surfaces. The spike like flower stalks are borne among the leaves and have both male and female flowers, so a single Formosa palm can produce fertile seeds by itself. The red, orange or green flowers have a sweet fragrance and produce red to deep purple fruits. Each globular fruit is less than 1 in (2.5 cm) in diameter and contains one to three seeds. The fruits are toxic. They contain calcium oxalate crystals which are an irritant. It is also known as the dwarf sugar palm because sugar because it is widely used as a source of palm sugar. It’s an attractive species which also performs well as a container- or houseplant, and grows well in a shady spot and dry air.