An interesting tree near Old Laura H/S

I also meant to ask if anyone had any other info about this unusual event.

Thanks,

Scrubby.

Hi Scrubby,

The "tree" you have referred to is the Corypha utan palm. and yes it grows to that size, flowers and dies.

Here is a link to the PASCOA site with more information,

Corypha utan palm

Another excellent reference book is "Palms of Subequatorial Queensland" written by Robert Tucker back in the 1980's and can be found in some used book shops.
His accounts of travelling to Cape York back in the 1960's-70's are great with some great photos.

Hi Scrubby. Try Google. It could be a Metroxylon - a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then dies

Synonyms:

Arecaceae; family Arecaceae; family Palmaceae; family Palmae; palm family; Palmaceae; Palmae

Hypernyms ("Arecaceae" is a kind of...):

liliopsid family; monocot family (family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Arecaceae"):

genus Livistona; Livistona (fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia)

genus Metroxylon; Metroxylon (a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die.

I just came across this video with Les Hiddins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IuV6wEAn3g

It doesn't answer whether your exact palm is still there, but at roughly the 10min30 mark, he shows examples of these palms in the 3 different stages of life.