Mexican Palmetto

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
Origin:	✈	Texas to Guatemala

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Water:	◍	moderate
USDA Zones:		9 to 12
Sunset Zones:		10, 12-17, 19-31
Flower features:	❀	white

Scientific Names
Arecaceae >	Sabal >	mexicana >

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Sabal mexicana is a species of palm tree that is native to North America. Common names include Mexican Palmetto, Texas Palmetto, Texas Sabal Palm, Rio Grande Palmetto, and Palma de Mícharos.^[1] The specific name, mexicana, is Latin for "of Mexico." It is closely related to S. guatemalensis, and the two species may be synonymous.^[2]

Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12 - 18 m, with a spread of 3 - 4 m. The trunk reaches 12 - 15 m in length and 30 cm in in diameter. The fan-shaped fronds are 1.5 - 1.8 m wide and attach to 90 - 120 cm spineless petioles. Spikes 1.2 - 1.8 m in length yield small bisexual flowers.^[3] The drupes^[4] are black when ripe and 12 mm in in diameter.^[3]

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. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

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↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Grin
↑ Riffle, Robert Lee; Paul Craft (2003). An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Timber Press. pp. 446–447. ISBN 9780881925586. http://books.google.com/books?id=rL3dHVJ2CZ8C.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Riffle, Robert Lee (2008). Timber Press Pocket Guide to Palms. Timber Press. p. 204. ISBN 9780881927764. http://books.google.com/books?id=NARcoCeQVPcC.
↑ Miller, George Oxford (2006). Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas. Voyageur Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780760325391. http://books.google.com/books?id=3PbQaKSDJfUC.

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[Riffle-2] Riffle, Robert Lee; Paul Craft (2003). An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Timber Press. pp. 446–447. ISBN 9780881925586. http://books.google.com/books?id=rL3dHVJ2CZ8C.

[Timber-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Riffle, Robert Lee (2008). Timber Press Pocket Guide to Palms. Timber Press. p. 204. ISBN 9780881927764. http://books.google.com/books?id=NARcoCeQVPcC.

[4] Miller, George Oxford (2006). Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas. Voyageur Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780760325391. http://books.google.com/books?id=3PbQaKSDJfUC.

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