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Sabal etonia (Scrub Palmetto)

Synonyms: Sabal adansonii var. megacarpa; Sabal megacarpa; Sabal miamiensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Sabal etonia, commonly known as the scrub palmetto is a species of palm which is found only in the US state of Florida.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  No
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Shrub
Usage [3]  The following reports are for S. palmetto. They quite probably also apply to this species; An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks; The best quality is from young leaf stalks still in the bud, whilst coarser material is obtained from older leaves or the bases of old leaf stalks surrounding the bud; The fibres are up to 50cm long, they are harvested commercially and used to make brushes, especially where these have to remain stiff in hot water or caustics; The roots contain tannin;
Height [3]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Width [3]  6.56 feet (2 m)
Fruit Color [2]  Black
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External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0