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Coccothrinax torrida
About
Coccothrinax torrida is a palm endemic to southeastern Cuba. It is known from a single isolated hill on the coast of the Guantánamo Province. The climate of the area is described as semi-desert with 9 or 10 dry months. Like other members of the genus, C. torrida is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 2 and 8 m tall with stems 2.5 to 3.9 cm in diameter. The fruit is creamy white, 4.8–6.3 mm in diameter.
- Family
- Arecaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Coccothrinax torrida
- Slug
- coccothrinax-torrida
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Coccothrinax
- Species
- torrida
- Wikidata QID
- Q5139250
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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