Manila palm
മനില പാം
Adonidia merrillii (Becc.) Becc.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 6.9 m
- wide
- 2.0 m
Arecaceae
Also called Manila Palm
Formerly Normanbya merrillii, Veitchia merrillii
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses (25 Oct 2026)
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Borneo (Sabah) to Philippines (Palawan, Danjugan)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 6.1 m to 7.6 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 2.4 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, not yet checked: its sources are splitTied: no reading has a majority of the 2 sources, so all are kept for a person to settle. Sources differ: NC State Extension medium; UF/IFAS low
- Flowers
- White, creamRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 圣诞椰
- Malayalam
- മനില പാം
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Adonidia merrillii (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.