Roystonea oleracea

Plant Characteristics
Habit		palm-cycad
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Features:	✓	evergreen, foliage

Scientific Names
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Roystonea oleracea, sometimes known as the Caribbean Royal Palm,^{[citation needed]} palmiste, Imperial palm^{[citation needed]} or cabbage palm, is a species of palm which is native to the Lesser Antilles, northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

Roystonea oleracea is a large palm which reaches heights of 40 m . Stems are grey^[1] or whitish-grey.^[2] and range from 46 - 66 cm in diameter.^[1] The upper portion of the stem is encircled by leaf sheaths, forming a green portion known as the crownshaft which is normally about 2 m ft long.^[1] Individuals are reported to have 16–22^[2] or 20–22 leaves. Leaves consist of a 60 - 100 cm long petiole and a 4 - 4.6 m rachis. The 1.4 m ft inflorescence bears white male and female flowers. Fruit are 12.6 - 17.6 mm long and 7.6 - 10.4 mm long, and turn purplish-black when ripe.^[1]

Read about Roystonea oleracea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Oreodoxa oleracea, Mart. (Areca oleracea, Jacq. Euterpe Caribaea, Spreng. Roystonea oleracea, O. F. Cook). Cabbage Palm. Caudex 100-120 ft. high: Lvs. 10-14 ft. long; lf.-segms. lanceolate-linear, acuminate, 3 ft. long, 1½ in. wide: fr. obovoid-oblong, ¾ in. W. Indies. —Cult, in S. Fla. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Zona, Scott (December 1996). "Roystonea (Arecaceae: Arecoideae)". Flora Neotropica 71: 1–35.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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[Zona-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Zona, Scott (December 1996). "Roystonea (Arecaceae: Arecoideae)". Flora Neotropica 71: 1–35.

[Henderson-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Henderson

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