Pseudophoenix

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pseudophoenix in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pseudophoenix (Greek, false Phoenix). Palma- ceae, tribe Aeceae. Until very recently only one recognized species, a pinnate-leaved palm discovered in 1886 on Elliott's Key, Florida, and distinguished from all other North American palms by its scarlet- orange fruit, which is about the size of a cherry. Unarmed palms, with spindle- shaped trunk : spa- dix shorter than the lvs., pendulous, branched, almost zigzag: female fl. with calyx small, spreading, somewhat denticulate; petals 3, ovate, obtuse, green, bent back;staminodia 6, distinctly dark purple at the top: fr. a drupe, stipitate, containing 1-3 globular carpels. Allied to royal palm (Oreodoxa), but differing in color of fr. and in spreading rather than ascending or erect spadix-branches. P. vinifera, Becc. (Euterpe? vinifera. Mart.), of Haiti, is apparently not in cult. Evidently this palm was once common in that island, but probably it has been destroyed by the natives who fell the trees to extract the saccharine juice of the inflated part of the trunk and from which a fermented drink is made. The trunk is apparently more ventricose than that of P. Sargentii, the spadix is more diffuse and the branchlets more elongate, and the fr. pedicil- late but 1-seeded. N Taylor. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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