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Syagrus romanzoffianum.
QUEEN PALM. Brazil
PALMAE (Palm family)
This feather palm, formerly in the genus Arecastrum, has
branches well over 10 feet long with pinnae an inch wide and over a foot long.
Clusters of 1-inch orange dates follow the waxy flowers, which come in long panicles
tucked between the leaves. The dates contain a stone showing the monkey face that
is seen on coconuts. The gray bark is relatively smooth and ringed with ridges
at intervals so that the trunk looks as though it has been turned in a lathe.
A specimen stands in the inner southwest island in the Inner Quad adjacent to
the entrance to Memorial Church and another is just north of Buildings 1 and 10.
See three at 625 Mayfield Avenue. In Palo Alto, see it at 333 Miramonte Avenue.
Other campus palms: Brahea
armata | Brahea edulis |
Butia capitata | Chamaerops humilis | Jubaea chilensis | Livistona chinensis | Phoenix canariensis | Syagrus romanzoffianum | Trachycarpus fortunei |
Washingtonia filifera | Washingtonia robusta
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