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(Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
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Species
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ROYSTONEA REGIA (HBK.) Cook
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PlaceOfPublication
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Science 12: 479 1900.
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Synonym
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Oreodoxa regia HBK. Nov. Gen. et Spec. 1: 305. 1815.
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Description
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Variable tree, usually not exceeding 25 m. in height, trunk not uniformly columnar but swollen at or near the middle and commonly at the base: leaves shorter and pinnae fewer in each line or row, with a brush-like look, pinnae 3-4 cm. broad: spadix branches not undulate: fruit long-globose to nearly globular, somewhat narrowed to base, 8-13 mm. long and approximately 10 mm. thick, red-brown or purplish at maturity.
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Habit
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tree
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Distribution
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Cuba;
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Common
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Cuba Royd Palm
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Distribution
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now most widely distributed of the species as a planted and spontaneous tree.
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