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Arecaceae

Black palm

Normanbya normanbyi (W.Hill) L.H.Bailey

Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Normanbya

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Black palm: Normanbya normanbyi on the Cairns Esplanade, November 2023
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
黑狐尾椰
English
Black palm, Australian black palm
Persian
نخل سیاه
Thai
ปาล์มดำ

Synonyms

  • Areca normanbyi (W.Hill) F.Muell.
  • Cocos normanbyi W.Hill
  • Drymophloeus normanbyi (W.Hill) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Becc.
  • Normanbya muelleri Becc.
  • Ptychosperma normanbyi (W.Hill) F.Muell.
  • Saguaster normanbyi (W.Hill) Kuntze

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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.