Sabal bermudana L.H.Bailey

Bermuda palmetto (en), Sabal des Bermudes (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Sabal

Characteristics

A palm. It has a single stem. It grows 7 m tall. The trunk is 20-35 cm across. There are 15-25 leaves. There are 85-95 leaflets. They are rigid and joined at their base for about half their length. The flowering stalk branches 3 times. The stalk arches over and is not longer than the leaf stalk. The fruit are pear shaped. They are black and 1.3-1.9 cm across. It is like Sabal palmetto but has larger, pear shaped fruit.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.2 - 0.35
Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 7.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry and marshy locations in open areas in Bermuda. In Townsville Queens BG.
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Open areas in both dry and marshy habitats.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

The fruit can be used to produce a flour. The growing tip can be cooked and eaten.
Uses fiber
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Sabal bermudana unspecified picture

Distribution

Sabal bermudana world distribution map, present in Bermuda and Brazil

Conservation status

Sabal bermudana threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:284484-2
WFO ID wfo-0000299262
COL ID 6WYN9
BDTFX ID 122297
INPN ID 631080
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Sabal bermudana Sabal blackburnia Inodes princeps Sabal beccariana