with spirally-arranged, fleshy flowers containing three petals fused at the base. Ripe fruit are fleshy and white, though R. excelsa more readily propagates via underground rhizome offshoots. References Moore, H. E., Jr. (1963). An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7: 162, 180.S Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. (1993). China Floral