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Coccothrinax alta (Puerto Rico silver palm)

Synonyms: Coccothrinax sanctae-thomasae; Thrincoma alta (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Coccothrinax alta (Palma plateada, Palma de abanico, Tyre palm) is a palm which is native to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Like other members of the genus, C. alta is a fan palm. Trees are 2–6 m tall, with some individuals getting up to 11 m. Flowers are light yellow, and fruit are purple-black when ripe. It is found on lower elevations, but to 350 m above sea level.
View Wikipedia Record: Coccothrinax alta

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  No
Height [2]  33 feet (10 m)
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Tree
Fruit Color [2]  Black

Consumers

Shelter for 
Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Artibeus jamaicensis, Jorge Ortega and Iván Castro-Arellano, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 662, pp. 1–9 (2001)
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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