The Areca Palm Tree is one of the most popular palms in tropical and subtropical climates because of its beautiful appearance and low maintenance. This palm can be grown indoors as well as outdoors.
The Areca Palm has a smooth silver-green trunks, which are topped with arching feather shaped fronds. It grows in clusters forming think clumps of many stems.
There are usually around six to egith yellow-green leaves on long petioles curve upwards creating a butterfly look. That is why Areca Palm is often referred to as a Butterfly Palm. It has pinnate type leaves that can grow up to 5-7ft long. Each leaf has around 90-110 leaflets arranged in a V shape. Mature palms have ringed cane-like trunks which has similar characteristics to the Bamboo Palm.
The Areca Palm is also often called Golden Cane Palm because of the yellow colored petioles.