Difference between revisions of "Mexican Palmetto"

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Plant Characteristics
Habit		palm-cycad
Height:	⇕	60 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60.
Width:	⇔	12 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Scientific Names
Arecaceae >	Sabal >	mexicana >

Plant Characteristics
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	[[Origin::Texas to Guatemala^sn]]

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	full sun"full sun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property., part-shade"part-shade" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	moderate
Features:	✓	tropical effect"Tropical effect" is not in the list (evergreen, deciduous, flowers, fragrance, edible, fruit, naturalizes, invasive, foliage, birds, ...) of allowed values for the "Features" property.
Sunset Zones:		10, 12-17, 19-31

Scientific Names
Arecaceae >	Sabal >	mexicana >

Read about Mexican Palmetto in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Sabal texana, Becc. (S. mexicana, Auth., not Mart. Inodes texana, Cook). Robust palm, to 50 ft. and 2 1/2 ft. diam. of trunk which is bright reddish brown: lvs. 5-7 ft. across, shining and yellowish green, the segms. often parted and filamentose, the petiole stout and equaling or exceeding the blade: terminal branchlets of infl. slender: seed about 1/2 in. broad, with a prominent micropyle. S. Texas. S.S. 10:508. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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