General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 20 to 25 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Cream to pale yellow
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Orange Crownshaft Palm
  • Pinang Merah
  • Red Crownshaft Palm
  • Red Ceiling Wax Palm
  • Sunset Palm

Photo Gallery
Location: My greenhouse, Florida
Date: 2019-10-08
The YELLOW crownshaft version of this palm, about 12-15 years old
Location: Hawaiian Acres, Puna, Hawai'i Island.
Date: 2/23/2015
The typical singular plant.

Date: 2010-03-16
Location: Hawaiian Acres, Puna, Hawai'i Island.
Date: 2/23/2015
Bright Red Fruit!

photo credit: Pescov
Location: My house, Florida
Date: 2020-01-30
Areca vestiaria comes in maroon, red, yellow and orange crownshaf

photo credit: Dick Culbert

photo credit: Mateus S. Figueiredo

photo credit: Mateus S. Figueiredo
Location: My house, Florida
Date: 2020-01-30
close up of red stem
Comments:
  • Posted by Metrosideros (Puna, HI - Zone 10b) on Feb 24, 2015 2:14 AM concerning plant:
    Beautiful Palm for warm areas. They are slow to start, but given good conditions they turn out well. They do best growing in partial shade, next to larger trees.

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