Named after Otto von Bismarck, first chancellor of the modern German Empire ,1871 -1890, the Bismarck Palm , a native of Madagascar, in all its glory on Magnetic Island .
According to Wikipedia, the inedible fruit of a female Bismarckia noblis is yellow-green, maturing to a dark brown-black, and grows in clusters. Male Bismarck Palms will produce long brown inflorescences, but will not fruit.
