Difference between revisions of "Puerto Rico Hat Palm"
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| − | + | '''''Sabal causiarum''''', commonly known as the '''Puerto Rican hat palm''', is a species of [[Arecaceae|palm]] which is native to [[Hispaniola]], [[Puerto Rico]] and the [[British Virgin Islands]]. | |
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| − | | | + | ''Sabal causiarum'' is a [[fan palm]] with solitary, very stout stems, which grows up to {{convert|10|m|ft|0}} tall and {{convert|35|-|70|cm|in|0}} in diameter. Plants have 20–30 leaves, each with 60–120 leaflets. The [[inflorescence]]s, which are branched, arching or pendulous, and longer than the leaves, bear [[globose]], black fruit. The fruit are {{convert|0.7|-|1.1|cm|in|1}} in diameter; fruit size and shape are the main characteristics by which this species differs from ''[[Sabal domingensis]]''.<ref name = Henderson>{{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson (botanist)|coauthors=[[Gloria Galeano]]; [[Rodrigo Bernal]] |title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey|pages=64–65}} ISBN 0-691-08537-4</ref> |
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Sabal causiarum, Becc. (Inodes causiarum, Cook). Porto Rico Hat-palm. Yaray. Trunk to 40 or 50 ft. and 2 ft. thick, columnar or nearly so, light gray or nearly white: lf .-bases splitting into fibers and more or less remaining as long ribbons: lvs. about 12 ft. long, the blade and petiole about equal in length but both surpassed by the infl., the petiole keeled near the end above: fr. 1/3 - 1/2 in. diam., grayish, with a finely rugose or nearly smooth chestnut-brown seed. | Sabal causiarum, Becc. (Inodes causiarum, Cook). Porto Rico Hat-palm. Yaray. Trunk to 40 or 50 ft. and 2 ft. thick, columnar or nearly so, light gray or nearly white: lf .-bases splitting into fibers and more or less remaining as long ribbons: lvs. about 12 ft. long, the blade and petiole about equal in length but both surpassed by the infl., the petiole keeled near the end above: fr. 1/3 - 1/2 in. diam., grayish, with a finely rugose or nearly smooth chestnut-brown seed. | ||
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Revision as of 22:57, 6 May 2010
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| Height: | ⇕ | 50 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| USDA Zones: | 9 to 12 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | white |
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Sabal causiarum, commonly known as the Puerto Rican hat palm, is a species of palm which is native to Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands.
Sabal causiarum is a fan palm with solitary, very stout stems, which grows up to 10 m ft 0 tall and 35 - 70 cm in diameter. Plants have 20–30 leaves, each with 60–120 leaflets. The inflorescences, which are branched, arching or pendulous, and longer than the leaves, bear globose, black fruit. The fruit are 0.7 - 1.1 cm in diameter; fruit size and shape are the main characteristics by which this species differs from Sabal domingensis.[1]
Read about Puerto Rico Hat Palm in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Sabal causiarum, Becc. (Inodes causiarum, Cook). Porto Rico Hat-palm. Yaray. Trunk to 40 or 50 ft. and 2 ft. thick, columnar or nearly so, light gray or nearly white: lf .-bases splitting into fibers and more or less remaining as long ribbons: lvs. about 12 ft. long, the blade and petiole about equal in length but both surpassed by the infl., the petiole keeled near the end above: fr. 1/3 - 1/2 in. diam., grayish, with a finely rugose or nearly smooth chestnut-brown seed.
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- ↑ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-691-08537-4
