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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Arecaceae
|genus=Butia
|species=capitata
|common_name=Pindo Palm, Jelly Palm
|name_ref=Wikipedia
|habit=palm-cycad
|Min ht box=6
|Min ht metric=m
|Max ht box=8
|Max ht metric=m
|height_ref=Wikipedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Wikipedia
|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Butia capitata, Tresco.JPG
|image_width=180
|image_caption=''Butia capitata'', [[Tresco]], [[Isles of Scilly]], UK
}}
'''''Butia capitata''''', also known as '''Pindo Palm''' or '''Jelly Palm''', is a [[Arecaceae|palm]] native to [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]].<ref name=GRIN>{{cite web | url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?8181 | title=Taxon: ''Butia capitata'' (Mart.) Becc. | accessdate=2010-04-24 | work=Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area}}</ref>
This palm grows up to 6m (exceptionally 8m) in a slow but steady manner. It is easily identifiable with beautiful feather palm pinnate leaves that arch inwards towards a thick stout trunk.
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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