Linospadix Species, Walking-Stick Palm

I tasted the red fruit of this palm and it was quite sweet. It is a native of my area (rainforests of northern NSW). Back in the 1950's a...Read More small plane crashed on our northern ranges and the 3 survivors lived on this fruit until found (3 days later). It takes 3 years for the fruit, in its native locale, to be ripe ie from green to red.

This is a great little palm with a good deal of hardiness here in So Cal (down to 9b easily) and is an excellent specimen palm for a shad...Read Morey, small gardens. It has a graceful habit of arching feather leaves with leaflets of variable width (some finely split and some wide), along with long inflourescences eventually covered with bright red seed. The stem is single (this is the only Linospadix that doesn't sucker), deeply ringed and about 1/2" in diameter. In Australia it was used historically as a walking stick because of its sturdiness, width and straightness (hence the name Walking Stick Palm).