Coccothrinax barbadensis Becc.

Puerto rico silver palm (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Coccothrinax

Characteristics

A solitary fan palm. The trunk can be 16 m tall. The trunk is 5-18 cm across. The leaves are fan shaped with about 60 segments. They are 100 cm wide. They are flexed at the tip. The flowering shoots come from among the leaves. They have 3-10 branches. The fruit is round and purple black. They are 0.6-1.2 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.05 - 0.18
Mature height (meter) 13.5 - 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It suits tropical and subtropical climates. It suits alkaline soils. It grows in coastal woodland on limestone soils. It grows up to 300 m above sea level and occasionally up to 600 m. It suits hardiness zones 9-12.
More
Coastal and scrub woodland on limestone soils, at elevations from sea level to 300 metres, occasionally to 600 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use material
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Coccothrinax barbadensis unspecified picture

Distribution

Coccothrinax barbadensis world distribution map, present in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62346-2
WFO ID wfo-0000900768
COL ID WLXW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629384
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Synonyms

Thrinax barbadensis Thringis latifrons Thringis laxa Coccothrinax barbadensis Coccothrinax boxii Coccothrinax dussiana Coccothrinax eggersiana Coccothrinax latifrons Coccothrinax laxa Coccothrinax martinicaensis Coccothrinax sabana Coccothrinax discreta Coccothrinax eggersiana var. sanctae-crucis Coccothrinax australis Coccothrinax sanctae-thomae