English Name: Maharajah Palm, Lipstick Palm
Malayalam Name:
Botanical Name: Cyrtostachys renda Blume
Family: Arecaceae
Flowering & Fruiting: Throughout the year
Description: A clumping palm that can grow up to 12 m tall and has bright red leaf sheaths that wrap around the stems (each about 60 cm long). Growing naturally in swamps and tolerant of flooding. It is grown as an ornamental palm because of its attractive bright red stems and leaf stalks. This palm is one of the most beautiful because of its bright scarlet leaf sheaths. It is an ornamental palm that can be found in gardens, parks, along roadsides, and around the edges of ponds and bodies of water.