Colpothrinax cookii

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Figure 1. C. cookii

Distribution & Habitat:

Tropical wet forest and tropical premontane rain forest, in central America from Belize to Honduras.

Description:

A medium sized solitary fan palm with a very "hairy" trunk.

Culture:

Lightly shaded, moist but well drained position. Quite slow growing.

Figure 2. C. cookii leaf detail

Figure 3. C. cookii showing the "hairy" trunk.

Contributed by:

Bo-G"ran Lundkvist (Figure 1,2&3).

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, eMonocot, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr, PalmTalk