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Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash

Scrub palmetto (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Sabal

Characteristics

Stems usually subterranean. Leaves 4--7, yellow-green, strongly costapalmate, curved, bearing fibers between segments; hastula narrowly triangular, 1.6--3.3 cm; segments 35--64 ´ 1.3--3.1 cm; apices bifid2-cleft. Inflorescences bushy and compact, densely branched with 2 orders of branching (not counting main inflorescence axis), ascending, about as ± long as leaves. Flowers 4.9--6.1 mm. Fruits brownish black, oblate-spheroid, length 8.5--13.1 mm, diam. diam. 9--15.4 mm diam.; mesocarp thick, fleshy. Seeds 5.4--6.7 mm, diam. 6.4--9.9 mm. diam.
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A palm. The stems occur singly and are short and underground. They can be erect up to 2 m tall. There are 4-7 leaves. They are yellow-green with a prominent mid-vein. There are 25-50 leaflets. They are rigid and joined for a short distance at the base. There are threads along the edges. The flowering stalk is branched to 2 orders. The flowering stalks stick upwards and are shorter than the leaves. The fruit are almost round. They are 0.9-1.5 cm long and 0.8-1.3 cm wide. They are brownish black.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

The elevated central lands of Florida in dry sandy soils that have a supply of water at depth, as part of the understorey in sand pine and oak scrub communities.
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in the understory or oak-pine forest on sandy soils.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

The terminal bud or cabbage is eaten as a vegetable. The fruit are eaten. They only have a very small amount of pulp.
Uses fiber
Edible fruits leaves saps seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Images

Sabal etonia unspecified picture

Distribution

Sabal etonia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669688-1
WFO ID wfo-0000299272
COL ID 78YMY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sabal etonia Sabal megacarpa Sabal miamiensis Sabal adansonii var. megacarpa
WorldFloraDB 2024