Brahea calcarea

Plant Characteristics
Habit		palm-cycad
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun

Scientific Names
Arecaceae >	Brahea >	calcarea >			Liebm. >

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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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

Cultivation

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