Ceroxylon

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Ceroxylon in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Ceroxylon (Greek, wax and wood, i.e., wax-tree). Palmaceae. Wax-palm. Tall palms with ringed stems and pinnate leaves. Spineless, the trunk covered with wax: lvs. clustered at the top, 15-20 ft. long when full grown, equally pinnate; pinnae long, rigid, sword-shaped, bases recurved and tips pointed, dark green above and glaucous beneath, the petiole very short and sheathed: fls. mostly unisexual, on spikes nearly or quite covered by the simple spathe; fl.-parts 3; stamens 9-15: seed as large as a hazel-nut, round, bony, inclosed in a soft or crumbling integument.—Perhaps 4 or 5 species in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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