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South American jelly palm
Butia odorata
About
Butia odorata, also known as the South American jelly palm, jelly palm, or pindo palm, is a Butia palm native to southernmost Brazil and Uruguay. This slow-growing palm grows up to 10m, although it is often less tall. It is identifiable by its feather palm pinnate leaves that arch inwards towards a thick stout trunk.
- Family
- Arecaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Butia odorata
- Slug
- butia-odorata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Butia
- Species
- odorata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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