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'''''Brahea calcarea''''' is a species of [[Arecaceae|palm]].
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It is found in [[Guatemala]] and [[Mexico]] and is threatened by [[habitat loss]].
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Brahea calcarea, Liebm. (B. nitida, Andre). Trunk 8-15 ft. high, covered with the woody persistent lf .-bases: Lvs. usually 20-30 in a dense bushy crown, unarmed, membranaceous, covered below with a brownish powder: spadix long, more or less erect and considerably longer than the Lvs., after flowering more or less pendulous; fls. solitary, with a single bract : fr. ovoid. Mex. R.H. 1887, p. 344. Gn. 35, p. 285. — Offered by Montarioso Nursery.
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Brahea calcarea, Liebm. (B. nitida, Andre). Trunk 8-15 ft. high, covered with the woody persistent lf .-bases: Lvs. usually 20-30 in a dense bushy crown, unarmed, membranaceous, covered below with a brownish powder: spadix long, more or less erect and considerably longer than the Lvs., after flowering more or less pendulous; fls. solitary, with a single bract : fr. ovoid. Mex.
 
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   palm-cycad

Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
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Brahea calcarea is a species of palm. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico and is threatened by habitat loss.


Read about Brahea calcarea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Brahea calcarea, Liebm. (B. nitida, Andre). Trunk 8-15 ft. high, covered with the woody persistent lf .-bases: Lvs. usually 20-30 in a dense bushy crown, unarmed, membranaceous, covered below with a brownish powder: spadix long, more or less erect and considerably longer than the Lvs., after flowering more or less pendulous; fls. solitary, with a single bract : fr. ovoid. Mex.


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