Thrinax radiata Lodd. ex Desf.

Florida thatch palm (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Thrinax

Characteristics

A palm. The stems are 1.5-12 m tall. They are 6-13 cm across. The leaf sheath has fine fibres. The leaf stalk is 36-94 cm long. The leaf blade has 51-63 leaflets. The middle ones are 0.7-1.1 m long. They are lighter green underneath. The flowering stalk does not arch over and is not longer than the leaves. There are 13-21 primary branches. The branches are smooth at flowering time. The fruit are round and 7-8 mm across. They are white.
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Leaves: sheath with V-shaped cleft opposite petiole; hastula adaxially glabrous; blades green, with minute, whitish dots on abaxial surface; segment apices lax. Fruits: pedicel conspicuous in fruit (usually exceeding 1 mm). 2n = 36.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in coastal regions on limestone or sandy soils close to the sea. It is very tolerant to drought. In Townsville Palmetum.
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Coastal regions on limestone or sandy soils near to the sea, often in sand dune scrub.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Dyspepsia (unspecified), Lactogogue (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Phthisis (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Sedative (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

Habit

Thrinax radiata habit picture by Lima Cruz Mario Alejandro (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Thrinax radiata leaf picture by Lima Cruz Mario Alejandro (cc-by-sa)
Thrinax radiata leaf picture by Lima Cruz Mario Alejandro (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Thrinax radiata world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Conservation status

Thrinax radiata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:670162-1
WFO ID wfo-0000323226
COL ID 56LWS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447773
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Synonyms

Porothrinax pumilio Thrinax elegans Thrinax elegantissima Thrinax floridana Thrinax gracilis Thrinax maritima Thrinax montana Thrinax pumilio Thrinax radiata Thrinax wendlandiana Thrinax aurata Thrinax martii Thrinax mexicana Coccothrinax martii Coccothrinax radiata Coccothrinax radiata