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Coconut palm leaves. Cocos nucifera is a large palm, growing up to 30 metres (100 feet) tall, with pinnate leaves 4–6 m (13–20 ft) long, and pinnae 60–90 centimetres (2–3 ft) long; old leaves break away cleanly, leaving the trunk smooth. [6]
Macrosporium cocos Melanconium sp. Mycosphaerella palmicola Periconiella cocoes Pseudoepicoccum cocos Phomopsis sp. Phyllosticta palmetto Ramularia necator. Lethal bole rot Marasmiellus cocophilus: Lixa grande Camarotella costaricensis, Coccostromopsis palmicola: Lixa pequeña Camarotella acrocomiae: Nut fall Fusarium verticillioides Graphium ...
The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
Thatch palm is a common name for several different species of palm trees that are used for thatching, and may refer to: Coccothrinax, many species native to the Caribbean; Howea, two species native to Lord Howe Island, Australia; Thrinax, three species native to the Caribbean; Cocos nucifera, the coconut tree, used in Makuti thatching
Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, most notably the coconut (Cocos nucifera), juçara (Euterpe edulis), açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea), palmetto (Sabal spp.), and peach palm. Heart of palm may be eaten on its own, and often it is eaten in a salad.
The Arecaceae (/ ˌ ær ə ˈ k eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales.Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms.
Cocos nucifera: Palm family (Arecaceae or Palmae) 6 inches 15 cm The Andaman Giant Coconut can have a weight of about 8 lbs (3.6 kg). [8] Mora [9] or "Mangle Neto" Mora oleifera or Mora megistosperma: Senna family (Caesalpinaceae) 7 in by 6 in by 3 in 18 cm by 15 cm by 8 cm. 2.2 lbs (1 kg) [10] East Indies Palmyra Borassus sundaicus: Palm family
These scientific names have been catalogued in a variety of works, including Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. William Stearn (1911–2001) was one of the pre-eminent British botanists of the 20th century: a Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society , a president of the Linnean Society and the original drafter of the ...