Semi persistent foliage.

The flowers are either bisexual or male.

They are also one of the few Arecaceae with bipinnate foliage.

Many species are green, but their foliage turns red in autumn.

Some vary in foliage, and some vary materially in the relative development of their sexual organs.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

With it We produce vegetation of all kinds, from which We bring greenery, from which We produce grains in clusters.

We produce from it greenery from which We produce grains arranged in layers.

Numerous cultivars have been selected for various characters, most popularly for variegated or purple foliage.

It is a popular ornamental plant in northern Australia, valued for its rapid growth and very elegant foliage.

Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches for its root was by many waters.

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches for his root was by great waters.

I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

It is He who sent down out of heaven water, and thereby We have brought forth the shoot of every plant, and then We have brought forth the green leaf of it, bringing forth from it close compounded grain, and out of the palm tree, from the spathe of it, dates thick lustered, ready to the hand, and gardens of vines, olives, pomegranates, like each to each, and each unlike to each.

And it is He who hath sent down rain from heaven and We have thereby brought forth growth of every kind, and thereout We have brought forth green stalks from which We bring forth close growing seed grain.

It is He Who sends down water (rain) from the sky, and with it We bring forth vegetation of all kinds, and out of it We bring forth green stalks, from which We bring forth thick clustered grain.

And it is He Who has sent down water from the heavens, and thereby We have brought vegetation of every kind, and out of this We have brought forth green foliage and then from it close packed ears of corn, and out of the palm tree from the sheath of it thick clustered dates, hanging down with heaviness, and gardens of vines, and the olive tree, and the pomegranate all resembling one another and yet so different.

He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, and therewith We bring forth buds of every kind We bring forth the green blade from which We bring forth the thick clustered grain and from the date palm, from the pollen thereof, spring pendant bunches and (We bring forth) gardens of grapes, and the olive and the pomegranate, alike and unlike.

It is He who sends down water from the sky, and brings forth with it every kind of growing thing.

He sends down water from the sky, and with it We bring forth the plant of every thing.

It is He who has sent water down from the sky to let all kinds of plants grow the vegetables with accumulated grains palm trees from which appear clusters of dates within easy reach vineyards, olive groves, and pomegranates of all types.

And it is He Who sends down water from the sky so with it We produced all things that grow hence We produce from it vegetation from which We bring forth grains in clusters and from the pollen of dates, dense bunches and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, similar in some ways and unlike in some look at its fruit when it bears yield, and its ripening indeed in it are signs for the people who believe.

And He it is Who sends down water from the cloud, then We bring forth with it buds of all (plants), then We bring forth from it green (foliage) from which We produce grain piled up (in the ear) and of the palm tree, of the sheaths of it, come forth clusters (of dates) within reach, and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, alike and unlike behold the fruit of it when it yields the fruit and the ripening of it most surely there are signs in this for a people who believe.

With it We produce vegetation of all kinds out of green foliage, We produce clustered grain and from the date palm, out of its sheath, We produce bunches of dates hanging low.

It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies with it We produce vegetation of all kinds from some We produce green (crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest) out of the date palm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety) when they begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness thereof.

Both species are unusual in that they mainly grow only in spring, which means that the flower heads (which blossom in late summer) are outside the bulk of the foliage and very visible.

When temperature rises sharply, you can see those bad ones, those aphids, all over the plants, in your hibiscus, in your lantana, in the young, fresh foliage of the spring flush, so called.

Ranging from small to large, the palms in this genus are increasingly found in cultivation owing largely to their purple, red, and orange colored, new foliage.

References and external links http www.helsinki.fi jhyvonen PB S Saxegothaea 20conspicua 20br pp.JPG http www.helsinki.fi jhyvonen PB S Saxegothaea 20conspicua 20t1 pp.JPG http www.helsinki.fi jhyvonen PB S Saxegothaea 20branches pp.JPG Photos of mature trees, bark and foliage at Puerto Blest National Park, Nahuel Huapi, Argentina

He cried aloud, and said thus, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation

He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches

Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation

The leaves of it were beautiful, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all the animals of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.