Copernicia macroglossa
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Copernicia macroglossa is a species of palm endemic to Cuba . The type epithet means big tongue and refers to the hastula .
features
The trunks of fully grown palm trees are up to 5 m high with a diameter of around 20 cm. In young plants it is covered with dead leaves so that the trunk appears as wide as the crown. This is 4 to 5 m wide and high. The leaves of this fan palm are 1.5 to 2 m wide, wedge-shaped or semicircular. The petiole is short and only extends a short distance into the blade. The blade is divided into many stiff, narrowly lanceolate segments over a third of its length. The upper side of the leaf is light to dark green, the underside gray-green and waxy. The hastula on the upper side of the leaf is relatively long and protruding. The leaf segments are finely serrated. The leaf crown of older palm trees is usually round and full, the leaves are dense and give the impression of a yucca rather than a palm. The dead leaves on the trunk look like a haystack.
The inflorescence is at least 1.8 m long and extends beyond the leaf crown. The flowers are brownish yellow and hermaphroditic. The fruits are around 1.2 cm wide, round and black.
distribution
Copernicia macroglossa is endemic to northwest Cuba and grows in savannas and salt marshes near the coast.
supporting documents
- Robert Lee Riffle, Paul Craft: An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms , 4th Edition, Timber Press, Portland 2007, ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6 , p. 312.