Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail palm)
[= Nolina
recurvata]
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Beaucarnea recurvata,Vienna Botanical
Gardens, Austria. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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Native to the USA. Previously in the Ruscaceae.
Cultivated in southern Africa.
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