Botanical name of Table palm is Livistona rotundifolia. It has bold rounded evergreen leaves, medium-sized, single-trunked fan-palm. Young palm has relatively shallow-lobed leaves. Older palm has more deeply divided leaves with long lance-shaped segments that radiate like the spokes of an umbrella.
Common name(s): Table Palm, Footstool Palm, Round Leaf Fan Palm, Serdang
Flower colours: Yellow
Bloom time: Spring
Max reachable height: Up to 12 m
Difficulty to grow: Easy to medium
Planting and care
Table palm can grow into the pot when young stage. Use potting mix as the soil, vermicompost, and coco peat. Keep the plant in partial shade in growing season.
Sunlight: Full sun, Partial Shade
Soil: Sandy loam soil
Water: Moderately
Temperature: 25 to 35 degree C
Fertilizer: Apply any organic fertilizer.
Caring for Table palm
- Grows best in the partial shade when young and full sun when mature.
- Watering should be done early in the morning if the soil feels dry to touch.
- Avoid waterlogging condition.
- Apply organic fertilizer in early monsoon and spring season.
- Prune the lower leaves which turn brown.
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