Syagrus cocoides

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Syagrus cocoides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cocos Weddelliana, Wendl. (Glaziova Martiana, Glaz., to which genus Martius considers the species to belong). Fig. 1013. St. 4-7 ft. high, 1¼ in. diam.. densely covered with persistent sheaths: lvs. equally pectinate-pinnatisect, 3-3¼ ft. long; petiole 8-20 in.; sheath coriaceous-fibrous, glabrous or tomentose, with slender brown hairs, at length evanescent; blade 2-3 ft.; segms. about 50 on each side, widely spreading, the middle 5 in. long, 2 lines wide, subequidistant, glaucous beneath; rachis filiform at the apex, brown-scaly: spadix equaling the Lvs., stiff and erect. Trop. Brazil. R.H. 1879, p. 434. I.H. 22:220. A.G. 16:345.—The most important of small ornamental palms for the N. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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