Species · genus Livistona · Arecaceae

Cabbage Tree Palm

Livistona australis (R.Br.) Mart.

Also known as: Cabbage Fan Palm · Cabbage Palm · Australian Cabbage Palm · Australian Fan Palm · Cabbagetree

Growth habit

tree

Native range

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Livistona australis — reference photo — Schomynv · Public domain

Cultivars of L. australis

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under L. australis yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

The cabbage palm

Livistona australis, known as the cabbage palm or Australian fan palm, is a single-stemmed evergreen palm in the Arecaceae family. It carries long-stalked, fan-shaped leaves and small cream to pale yellow flowers held in panicles among the foliage.

Source: RHS

Native to eastern Australia

This species is native to eastern and south-eastern Australia, found across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, where it grows as a tree in subtropical settings. It was first described under the name Corypha australis before being placed in the genus Livistona.

Source: Kew

Fan leaves, single trunk

As with others in its genus, this palm holds a single upright stem and evergreen, fan-shaped leaves on long stalks. Its flowers are small and pale, cream to yellow, arranged in panicles set among the foliage.

Source: RHS

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

13–29 °C

Soil mix

Rich, well-draining loamy mix

Propagation

Seed; very slow to germinate

Fertilizing

Balanced palm feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Does not flower as an indoor plant

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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