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Roystonea regia, commonly known as the royal palm, Cuban royal palm, or Florida royal palm, [4] is a species of palm native to Mexico, the Caribbean, Florida, and parts of Central America. A large and attractive palm, it has been planted throughout the tropics and subtropics as an ornamental tree.
Sabal palmetto grows up to 20 m (80 ft) tall. [8] Starting at half to two-thirds the height, the tree develops into a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets.A costapalmate leaf has a definite costa (midrib), unlike the typical palmate or fan leaf, but the leaflets are arranged radially like in a palmate leaf.
Fruits of Hyphaene compressa (also called Gingerbread Palm) are produced after 30 years of maturation and can be harvested regularly every 6 months when the tree is between 40 and 50 years old. [3] The fruit is considered a drupe [ 10 ] and grows almost all year round, taking three to ten months to germinate. [ 9 ]
Awka disease/Texas phoenix palm decline: Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae: Blast Candidatus Phytoplasma suspected Cape St. Paul wilt Ca. Phytoplasma: Cedros wilt Phytomonas sp. Heart rot: Phytomonas sp. Kaincope disease Ca. Phytoplasma: Kalimantan wilt Ca. Phytoplasma suspected Kribi disease Ca. Phytoplasma: Lethal decline Ca. Phytoplasma: Lethal ...
Butia capitata, also known as jelly palm, is a Butia palm native to the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás in Brazil. [4] It is known locally as coquinho-azedo or butiá in (northern) Minas Gerais. [ 5 ]
Ptychosperma elegans, commonly known as the solitaire palm (or elegant palm after the scientific name), is a very slender palm endemic to Queensland in Australia. [1] [3] [4] In the nursery trade and in the United States it may be confusingly referred to as Alexander palm, which is an often-used but misnomered name of another Australian palm species Archontophoenix alexandrae, the Alexandra ...
Hyphaene thebaica, with common names doum palm (Ar: دوم) and gingerbread tree (also mistakenly doom palm), is a type of palm tree with edible oval fruit. It is a native to the Arabian Peninsula and also to the northern half and western part of Africa [2] where it is widely distributed and tends to grow in places where groundwater is present.
The Judean date palm at Ketura, Israel, nicknamed Methuselah. The Judean date palm is a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) grown in Judea.It is not clear whether there was ever a single distinct Judean cultivar, but dates grown in the region have had distinctive reputations for thousands of years, and the date palm was anciently regarded as a symbol of the region and its fertility.