Royal Palm, Cuban Royal Palm, Florida Royal Palm
Roystonea regia · Arecaceae · 쿠바대왕야자
How to spot it
Recognized by the combination of a concrete-colored trunk bulging in the middle and a long, glossy green crown shaft.
Look
- Leaves
- Pinnate fronds reach 3 m long, with leaflets pointing in several directions, giving a somewhat ruffled feather look.
- Flowers
- Small cream flowers borne in large, branched panicles up to 1 m wide.
- Fruit
- Globose to oval fruits ripen from green to reddish brown to dark purple, each with one seed.
- Bark
- A thick, single concrete-gray trunk with dense ring marks and a slight bulge in the middle; at the top is a smooth, glossy green crown shaft up to 2 m long.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native to southern Florida (USA), Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
- Ecology
- A tree that attracts birds, suitable for coastal and street planting.