Palme

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Pindo Palm, Jelly PalmScientific Name: Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc.
Synonym: Butia bonnettii
Butia capitata

Size: Up to 23 feet (7 m) up to 12 feet in diameter (3.6 m)
Min. Temperature: 14°F (-10°C)
Water Requirements: Little to moderate water
Sun Requirements: Full sun to light shade
Origin: Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
Germination: Erratic, can take from 6 months to over a year. Dry storage seems to speed up the germination.
Leaf: Pinnate, Glaucous green, 80-150 strong, mostly regularly arranged leaflets. Noticeably arching leaf., 4-6 foot long. coarse spiny material along the edges.
Trunk: No crownshaft, Gray with leaf scars, 18 inches in diameter (45 cm).
Flower: Large, shallowly groved, woody spathe. The very small flowers are yellow to red. Unisexual flowers appear at the end of the spring, they are in groups of three: 2 males for one female.. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 50-100 flowering branches.. 3 petals, 3 sepals, and 6 stamens stamens.
Fruit: yellow to brownish red. up to 1.4 inches long (3.5 cm). Oval, sweet pulp..
Seed:

Edible fruit has a sweet-tart flavor reminiscent of both apricots and a pineapple-banana mixture. It can be eaten fresh or be used to make jelly or jam. In Uruguay, it is also macerated in alcohol to make a popular liquor. The ground seed can also be roasted to make an imitation of coffee.
Butia and Syagrus are closely related genera. There is a variety of cross generic hybrids occasionally sold.
Fertilize the Pindo Palm in the spring, and in mid summer.

 

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Woolly Butia PalmScientific Name: Butia eriospatha (Mart.) Becc.
Butia eriospatha

Size: Up to 20 feet tall (6 m)
Min. Temperature: 15°F (-9°C)
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Southern Brazil
Leaf: Pinnate, 100 to 180 regularly arranged glaucous green leaflets., coarse spiny material along the edges.
Trunk: 18 inches in diameter (45 cm).
Flower: Wooly spath.
Fruit: Yellow. 0.75 inch in diameter (2 cm). round.
Seed:

 

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Dwarf YatayScientific Name: Butia paraguayensis (Barb. Rodr.) L.H. Bailey
Butia paraguayensis

Size: Up to 12 feet tall (3.6 m)
Min. Temperature: 23°F (-5°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Leaf: Pinnate, 60 to 100 glaucous green leaflets, coarse spiny material along the edges.
Trunk: up to 8 inches in diameter (20 cm). mostly subterranean.
Flower: Large, woody spathe without groves..
Fruit: brownish yellow. Up to 1.6 inches long (4 cm). ovoid.
Seed:

 

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YatayScientific Name: Butia yatay (Mart.) Becc.
Butia yatay

Size: Up to 35 feet tall (10 m)
Min. Temperature: 15°F (-9°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Southern Brazil and Uruguay
Leaf: Pinnate, 140 regularly arranged stiff leaflets., coarse spiny material along the edges.
Trunk: 16 inches in diameter (40 cm).
Flower: Large, woody spathe with shallow groves.. Flower stalk coming from among the leave, 100 or more flowering branches.
Fruit: Up to 1.6 inches long (4 cm).
Seed:

 

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Palma de ManacaScientific Name: Calyptronoma rivalis (O.F. Cook) L.H. Bailey
Synonym: Calyptronoma quisqueyana, Cocops rivalis, Calyptrogyne rivalis, Calyptrogyne quisqueyana
Calyptronoma rivalis

Water Requirements: Abundant water
Sun Requirements: Full sun or light shade
Origin: Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Leaf: , 12 to 14 spineless, feather-shaped leaves, up to 12 feet long with a 2-foot long leaf stalk and a 2-foot long sheath.
Trunk: Smooth, 6 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters) in diameter.
Flower: Its large flowers are clustered, branched, and drooping. They are arranged in triads of two males and one female..
Fruit: reddish when ripe. 0.25 inch wide (6 mm). All of the fruits mature at the same time and fall with the persistent flower parts still attached to the base. imperfectly round.
Seed:

 

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Carpentaria PalmScientific Name: Carpentaria acuminata
Carpentaria acuminata

Size: Rapidly up to 40 feet (12 m) up to 12 feet in diameter (3.6 m)
Min. Temperature: 24 to 26°F (-4 to -3°C)
Water Requirements: Abundant water when growing
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Australia
Germination: It is better but not absolutely necessary to clean the seed from the remnants of fruit. The flesh of the seeds should not be handled with bare hands. They should germinate in 2 to 4 months at temperature above 80°F. First leaf is bifid.
Leaf: Pinnate, 12 leaves, about 100 leaflets, 6 feet long (1.8 m).
Trunk: Crownshaft, gray brown, smooth. Leaf scars far apart on fast growing trees, Up to 10 inches in diameter (25 cm), base same diameter as trunk.
Flower: in group of 3 with 2 male flowers for 1 female. Flower stalk coming from under the crownshaft, 4 feet long (1.2 m).
Fruit: red to black. 0.75 inch long (2 cm). ovoid.
Seed:

 

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Giant Mountain Fishtail palmScientific Name: Caryota gigas
Synonym: Caryota obtusa
Caryota gigas

Size: Up to 20 feet tall (6 m)
Min. Temperature: 29°F (-2°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Thailand
Germination: 4 months to 1 year to germinate in warm media, easy
Leaf: Bipinnate, Dark green, 9 feet.
Trunk: clustering N/A, Gray, smooth with leaf scars,
Flower: Cream. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 12 inches.
Fruit: Dull red. 3/4 inches. round.
Seed: Dull gray. Round with groves.

 

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Himalaya Fishtail PalmScientific Name: Caryota himalaya
Caryota himalaya

Size: Up to 20 feet tall (6 m)
Min. Temperature: 30°F (-1°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Himalaya mountains, India
Germination: 4 months to 1 year to germinate in warm media, easy
Leaf: Bipinnate, Dark green, 9 feet.
Trunk: clustering N/A, Gray, smooth with leaf scars,
Flower: Cream. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 12 inches.
Fruit: Dull red. 3/4 inches. round.
Seed: Dull gray. Round with groves.

 

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Clustered Fishtail PalmScientific Name: Caryota mitis Lour.
Caryota mitis

Size: Up to 30 feet tall (9 m) Up to 5 feet in diameter
Min. Temperature: 26°F (-3°C)
Water Requirements: Regular to abundant water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Indonesia
Germination: 1 to 3 months to germinate in warm media, easy
Leaf: Bipinnate, 8 to 10 light green leaves, with the characteristic fishtail shape leaflets., up to 9 feet long (2.5 m).
Trunk: clustering covered with fibers and remnants of leaf stalks. Underneath, the trung is grey, covered with a layer of wax., 4 to 8 inches in diameter (10 to 20 cm).
Flower: Cream. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 12 inches.
Fruit: Dull red to black. 3/4 inches. round.
Seed: Dull gray. Round with groves.

 

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Fishtail PalmScientific Name: Caryota rumphiana
Caryota rumphiana

Size: Up to 50 feet tall (15 m)
Min. Temperature: 27°F (-3°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Molluccas, New Guinea
Germination: 1 to 3 months to germinate in warm media, can be planted outside after a year
Leaf: Bipinnate, Light green, 9-16 feet long (2.7 to 5m), sometimes up to 22 feet (6.6 m).
Trunk: clustering N/A,
Flower: Cream, unisexual flowers in group of 3 (2 males, 1female). Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 6 feet long (1.8 m).
Fruit: Reddish pink. 0.75 to 1.5 inches, contains 1 to 3 seeds. round.
Seed: smooth black. Round with groves