Sabal mauritiiformis Griseb. & H.Wendl.

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Sabal

Characteristics

A fan palm. It has a slender single stem. It grows 15-20 m tall. The trunk is 15-20 cm across. Plants have 10-25 leaves with 90-150 leaflets. The flowering stalks are branched. The fruit are pear shaped to round and black. They are 1 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.15 - 0.2
Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 17.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Locally very abundant in disturbed ground in dry to wet areas, usually at elevations up to 500 metres, occasionally to 1,000 metres. The plant is often left in pastures when the forest is cleared.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in coastal rainforests.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Female (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Sabal mauritiiformis unspecified picture

Distribution

Sabal mauritiiformis world distribution map, present in Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Sabal mauritiiformis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669714-1
WFO ID wfo-0000299291
COL ID 78YNJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706767
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Synonyms

Trithrinax mauritiiformis Sabal nematoclada Sabal morrisiana Sabal allenii Sabal mauritiiformis