Comments
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This species is a commonly cultivated ornamental palm in Florida, where it has escaped and sporadically naturalized in Dade County.
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Description
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Leaves 2--2.5 m; segments 60--70 cm, strongly ascending. Fruits yellow, ellipsoid, 2.0--2.5 cm; yellow; apex acute; stigmatic scar basal. 2n = 32.
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Distribution
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introduced; Fla.; native, Africa (native to Madagascar).
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Flowering/Fruiting
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Flowering spring-- through summer.
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Habitat
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Moist organic soil over limestone in mesic hammocks and disturbed wooded areas; 0--10m.
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Synonym
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Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H. Wendland, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 117. 1878
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