Botanical Name : Bismarckia nobilis (green form)
It's probably quite a coincidence catching the green Bismarckia at Lorong Maarof, prior post, with bunches of inflorescence but beyond my reach to record as they were way too high up (15ft +).
A thought came to mind to re-visit the earlier lot at Mutiara Damansara to check if these were flowering and fruiting too, assuming tis' the season...
As I strolled into the park and this time around, more confident about this Bismarckia green form being indeed the Mayotte Island Bismarckia and guess what???
| productive |
| trailing bunches |
Several of the palms were heavily laden with infructescence and that was quite a remarkable sight. While the fruits look the same as the fruits of the silver Bismarckia, at a glance, one might even say like olives!
| leaf with cotton-like twirls |
As I walked away from the park, I wondered what a lamentable loss it would have been had that 'Lorong Maarof moment' didn't strike me it did then...
