Thrinax radiata

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   palm-cycad

Height: 40 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width: 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: foliage
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: white
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Read about Thrinax radiata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Thrinax radiata, Lodd. (Coccothrinax radiata, Schum. T. elegans, Hort.). Caudex short: lvs. green, glabrous or slightly puberulent beneath; segms. united to or beyond one-third; ligule broadly rounded, with a short, blunt appendage at the middle: spadix large, 2-2 1/2 ft. long, paniculate. Cuba to Trinidad.—Said to have been known in cult. as T. elegans and T. gracilis. CH


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