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'''''Syagrus romanzoffiana''''' ('''Queen Palm or Cocos Palm''') is a [[Arecaceae|palm]] native to [[South America]], from northern [[Argentina]] north to eastern [[Brazil]] and west to eastern [[Bolivia]]. It is very similar to the [[coconut]] palm. It had been classified within the ''[[Coconut|Cocos]]'' [[genus]] as ''Cocos plumosa'', was assigned to [[Arecastrum]], then moved to [[Syagrus]]. As a result of the nomenclature confusion, they often retain a previous, incorrect name in popular usage. It is a medium-sized palm, growing to 15 m tall, with pinnate [[leaf|leaves]]. The Queen Palm is found in mostly subtropical areas. It's very popular as an ornamental tree and much used in urban [[landscaping]]. However, the fronds die early and must be pruned to keep the tree visually pleasing. The sheaths of the pruned fronds remain on the tree for several months and are an ideal breeding place for snails and caterpillars. Its [[leaves]] and [[inflorescences]] are used as cattle [[fodder]], specially for milking cows. Its fruits are edible, being sought by birds, as well as by [[mammals]], including some wild [[canids]], such as the [[Pampas Fox]]<ref>BACKES, Paulo & IRGANG, Bruno,''Mata Atlântica: as árvores e a paisagem'', Porto Alegre, Paisagem do Sul, 2004, pg.133</ref> and the [[Crab-eating Fox]].<ref>ROCHA, Vlamir, REIS, Nelio R dos & SEKIAMA, Margareth l.- "Dieta e dispersão de sementes por Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus) (Carnívora, Canidae), em um fragmento florestal no Paraná, Brasil, www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v21n4/22951.pdf</ref> {{Inc| Syagrus romanzoffiana (syn. Cocos plumosa, Hook. and Cocos Romanzoffiana, Cham.) St. 30-36 ft. high, 10-12 in. thick, ringed at intervals of a foot, clothed near the apex with remnants of the dead petioles: Lvs. erect-spreading, 12-15 ft. long, recurving; petiole a third to half as long as the blade; segms. linear-acuminate, sparse, solitary or mostly in groups of 2-4, 1½ ft. long, deflexed near the apex: spadix usually 3 ft. long and much branched, the branchlets pendular. Cent. Brazil. B.M. 5180.—The chief avenue palm of the genus. A quick grower, ultimately 50 ft. high in S. Fla. and Calif. The slender smooth lobes and heads of graceful recurving Lvs. make this a very attractive tree. {{SCH}} Possibly conflicting info: Sts. 30-40 ft. high, somewhat fusiform above: Lvs. about half as long as the caudex, the withered ones deflexed, pendent, the upper spreading, often arching; segms. conduplicate at the base, ensiform: spadix about 6 ft. long, at first inclosed in a stout pendulous spathe which appears among the lowest Lvs. S. Brazil near the sea.{{SCH}} More possibly conflicting info: Cocos australis, Mart. Pindo Palm. Height about 30 ft.: st. erect, columnar, equal, strongly annular above: Lvs. 9-12 ft. long, the sheath fibrous and glabrous; petiole naked; Begins, linear, glaucous, rather rigid: fr. as large as a pigeon's egg, outer pulp sweet, edible, seed oily. Paraguay.—A good grower. Cult, under glass and outdoors in Fla. and Calif. {{SCH}} Cocos Datil, Drude & Griseb. St. 30 ft. high, 8-12 in. diam.: Lvs. 12-15 ft. long; sheath about 16 in. long; petiole 1½ ft. long, 1⅔ in. wide, ⅔in. thick; segms. linear-acuminate, glaucous, densely crowded in groups of 3 or 4, 150-160 on each side, the lowest 2 ft., middle 2⅓ ft. and apical 1 ft., the uppermost filiform, all narrow, stiff and rigid, the dried Lvs. glaucous green or whitish: spadix 3-3½ ft. long with at least 300 spirally twisted branches. Argentina; isls. and river banks.— The frs. are edible, resembling those of the date palm. Hardier in S. Calif, than C. plumosa, C. flexuosa, and C. Romanzoffiana. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Syagrusrommanzoffiana.JPG|[[Inflorescence]] and infructescence Image:Syagrus romanzoffiana .jpg|closer view Image:Queenfruit.JPG|Ripe [[fruit]] </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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