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'''Faulkners Palms''' (Figure 2)
'''Faulkners Palms''' (Figure 2)


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Latest revision as of 13:22, 30 July 2024

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Figure 1. A nice group of C. miraguama

Synonymy:[edit]

C. acuminata

Common Names:[edit]

Miraguama Palm

Habitat:[edit]

Hills and savannah around Cuba.

Description:[edit]

A medium sized fan palm, to about 5 metres high. Smallish, rigid fan leaves, dark green above, grayish underneath. The trunk is covered in a hessian like fibrous sheath.

General:[edit]

A very attractive plant, although not as popular as it should be due to its slow rate of growth.

Culture:[edit]

Full sun to light shade, in well drained sandy soil

Figure 2. P. miraguama var roseocarpa

Contributed by:[edit]

University of Florida-IFAS (Figure 1)
Faulkners Palms (Figure 2)


External Links:[edit]

Kew, PalmWeb, eMonocot, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr, PalmTalk