Thrinax microcarpa Sarg.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Thrinax microcarpa Sarg.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A tree, up to 12 m. high, with a trunk 2-2.5 dm. in diameter, usually much smaller. Leaves 1.5 m. in diameter or less, deeply cleft into many narrow segments, green and shining above, bluish or silvery-white beneath, the ligule blunt or acute, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide; inflorescence 2 m. long or less, as long as the leaves or shorter; pedicels very short, disk-like; perianth about 3 mm. long; filaments nearly triangular; drupes 4-6 mm. in diameter, white, very nearly sessile.

  • Distribution

    Sandy and rocky soil, throughout the archipelago from Great Bahama and Abaco to Mariguana, Caicos Islands and Inagua :- Florida ; Cuba. Small-fruited Thatch-palm. Buffalo-top.

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