Common Name(s): Alexandra King Palm, Alexandra Palm, the Alex Palm
Native Locality: Northern and Central Queensland, Australia, both along the coast and inland
Overall Height: 70 to 80 feet in habitat but usually up to 40 feet in domestic gardens in sun
Trunk Diameter: 12 inches, sometimes swollen at the bottom. Young trunks brown, older gray
Leaf Length: 6 to 10 feet
Leaflets: Color dark to grass green, silver on the underside
Crown Shaft Color: Olive green, sometimes a bit brown mixed in. Slight bulge at bottom occasionally
Presence of Ramenta: Absent
Flower Color: White or near white
Seed Size: 1/2 inch
Other Comments: This species holds a nice large crown of leaves with a tall, gray colored straight trunk. There is a possible sub-species, that I will discuss below
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