| Description | Bismarck Nobel Palm (Bismarckia nobilis) is a monotypic Palm native to Madagascar. It produces large grayish-blue fan-shaped leaves. |
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| Pronunciation | (biz-MARK-ee-uh)(NO-bill-iss) |
| Plant Type | Trees Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 10-11 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Fruit | Fruit is botanically called a drupe or stone fruit. Forms large brown seeds. |
| Leaves | Very large can reach over 9 feet. Physically wedge-shaped, costapalmate, bluish, grayish to green, very sharp petioles. |
| Stems | Grows on a solitary trunk. Smooth grey-brown, very straight trunk marked with spiral twists and ringed indentations from old leaf bases |
| Dimensions | 30–60 by 12–20 feet (HS) |
| Maintenance | cut off dead leaves any time of the year |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Endemic to western and northern Madagascar. |
| Misc Facts | The genus is named for the first chancellor of the German Empire, Otto von Bismarck, and the epithet, nobilis, is Latin for "noble." |
| Notes & Reference | #270-North Carolina Extension Gardener Tool Box (https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants), #273-Gardenia (www.gardenia.net) |
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