Roystonea princeps
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Common Names:[edit]
Swamp Cabbage,
Morass Royal,
Royal Palm
Distribution & Habitat:[edit]
Restricted to western parishes of Jamaica, in small colonies or as scattered individuals, in morass and in poorly drained lowlands, from sea level to 150 metres.
Description:[edit]
A tall, solitary palm to 15 metres (50 feet) or taller, with a smooth grey trunk irregularly enlarged below, slenderer above, and banded with leaf-scars. Leaves are pinnate 4-6 metres (12-18 feet) long, with slightly plumose leaflets, and a green crown shaft about 1.5 metres (4.5 feet) long. Fruit usually one seeded, drupe-like, pear-shaped, with the neck curved to one side, about 15 mm (2/3 inch) long, greenish yellow to purple, with a small seed. It is very similar in appearance to Roystonea altissima, and very difficult to distinguish between the two. The easiest method in the field is locality, R. princeps is a bog and swamp species, while R. altissima is found in uplands and premontane elevations.
Cultivation:[edit]
Likes a sunny, moist position.
Contributed by:[edit]
Kyle Wicomb (Figure 1&2)