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Palm Lily
Photo: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey
Palm Lily,
Cordyline cannifolia
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This shrub usually grows close to the ground,
but occasionally a spindly trunk grows up to 3 or 4 meters.
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It has long leaves with a prominent mid-rib,
and venation that is almost parallel but runs at a slight outwards angle.
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There is a raceme of small pink and slightly
tubular flowers with yellow-ended stamens. These are followed by orange to
bright red fruits.
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This is a common shrub of the understorey of
tropical rainforest and wetter schlerophyll woodland in tropical and eastern
Australia (Hyland et al 1999).
Script: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
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