Copernicia hospita

Copernicia hospita

Copernicia hospita is an endemic palm species in Cuba.

Features

Full-grown stems are 6 to 7.5 m high and 30 cm in diameter. The older parts of the stem surface is smooth. The crown sheet is around 5 meters high and wide. The fan-shaped leaves are 1.5 to 2 m wide and circular to wedge-shaped. They are divided into many rigid segments which are about one-third of the blade radius long. The ends of the segments are slightly pendulous. The leaf color can range from gray-green to blue -green to almost pure white or silver. Both surfaces are covered with a layer of wax. Sitting little teeth at the edges of the segments. The petiole is short and extends slightly into the leaf blade, the blade is thus costapalmat. A Hastula is clearly developed. The crown sheet is tightly packed, the leaves overlap almost.

The inflorescence is a panicle 2 m long, extending beyond the leaves. The flowers are small, brownish yellow and hermaphrodite. The fruits are 1.5 cm wide and black.

Dissemination

Copernicia hospita is endemic to Cuba and grows in savannas and open woodlands. In the dead leaves that remain on the trunk, home to many rodents and birds. Of these, the type - epithet hospita could deduce that means in Latin hosts.

Documents

  • Robert Lee Riffle, Paul Craft: An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms, 4th edition, Timber Press, Portland, 2007, ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6, p 313
  • Palmaceus
  • Arecaceae
Coryphoideae Genus
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