Coccothrinax

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Coccothrinax in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Coccothrinax (a berry and Thrinax, in reference to the berry-like fruit). Palmaceae. Small or medium- sized palms, with fan-leaves. Trees (or rarely stemless) with slender sts., clothed above with the persistent petiole-sheaths,: Lvs. terminal, pale beneath, thin and brittle, divided into narrow, acute, 2-parted obliquely folded lobes; petioles compressed, slightly rounded and ridged on the 2 surfaces, thin and smooth on the margins: spadix interfoliar, paniculate, shorter than the petioles: fls. perfect, minute, solitary; perianth cup-like, obscurely 6-lobed, deciduous; stamens 9, exserted; ovary superior, ovoid, 1-celled: fr. berry-like, subglobose, 1-seeded, in ripening becoming thick and juicy, shining black or purple- black; albumen channeled.—A genus of a few species, made from Thrinax; Fla. and S. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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