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Bactris jamaicana (Prickly Pole)

Wikipedia Abstract

Bactris jamaicana is a species of palm endemic to Jamaica. According to Salzman and Judd B. jamaicana forms a clade with B. plumeriana and B. cubensis, the other Greater Antillean Bactris species.
View Wikipedia Record: Bactris jamaicana

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Bactris jamaicana

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  39 feet (12 m)

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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
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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