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Sabal palmetto grows up to 20 m (80 ft) tall. [8] Starting at half to two-thirds the height, the tree develops into a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets.A costapalmate leaf has a definite costa (midrib), unlike the typical palmate or fan leaf, but the leaflets are arranged radially like in a palmate leaf.
Washingtonia robusta, known by common name as the Mexican fan palm, Mexican washingtonia, or skyduster is a palm tree native to the Baja California peninsula and a small part of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. Despite its limited native distribution, W. robusta one of the most widely cultivated subtropical palms in the world. [ 3]
Socratea exorrhiza, the walking palm or cashapona, is a palm native to rainforests in tropical Central and South America. It can grow to 25 metres in height, with a stem diameter of up to 16 cm, [ 1] but is more typically 15–20 m tall and 12 cm in diameter. [ 2] It has unusual stilt roots, the function of which has been debated.
The saguaro is a columnar cactus that grows notable branches, usually referred to as arms. Over 50 arms may grow on one plant, with one specimen having 78 arms. [ 6] Saguaros grow from 3–16 m (10–52 ft) tall, and up to 75 cm (30 in) in diameter. They are slow growing, but routinely live 150 to 200 years.
Sabal guatemalensis Becc. Sabal texana (O.F.Cook) Becc. Sabal mexicana is a species of palm tree that is native to far southern North America. Common names include Rio Grande palmetto, [ 5] Mexican palmetto, Texas palmetto, Texas sabal palm, palmetto cabbage and palma de mícharos. [ 4] The specific epithet, "mexicana", is Latin for "of Mexico ."
Washingtonia is a genus of palms, native to the southwestern United States (in southern California, and southwest Arizona) and northwest Mexico (in Baja California and Sonora ). [ 2] [ 3] Both Washingtonia species are commonly cultivated across the Southern United States, the Middle East, southern Europe, and North Africa, where they have ...
The trees play an important role in Taiwan's agricultural export economy with exports of NT$250 million (US$7 million) in 2005. [13] However, many specimens in cultivation sold as Pachira aquatica are actually the similar species, P. glabra , which develops a thick base at a younger age and has a smaller growth habit, less showy flowers, and a ...
The date palm is dioecious, having separate male and female plants. They can be easily grown from seed, but only 50% of seedlings will be female and hence fruit-bearing, and dates from seedling plants are often smaller and of poorer quality. Most commercial plantations thus use cuttings of heavily cropping cultivars.