Arecaceae

Elephant palm

Kerriodoxa elegans J.Dransf.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Kerriodoxa

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Elephant palm: cultivated, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida, USA. — Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 泰棕
English: Elephant palm, White elephant palm
Persian: نخل پشتسفید
Thai: ปาล์มเจ้าเมืองถลาง

Photos

Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: User:Carstor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: User:Amada44, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.