Areca Palm

Botanical Name: Dypsis lutescens Common Names: Areca Palm, Butterfly Palm Description: Growing an areca palm tree indoors is ideal because it grows very slowly and thrives in bright, indirect light and cramped spaces with its clustered palms that resemble bamboo. With origins in Madagascar and South India, this palm's natural climate is subtropic, which can be imitated indoors. Once an endangered, species the Areca palm has become one of the world's most recognizable plants.