Mazhar Botanic Garden

Roystonea regia (Kunth) O.F.Cook

Cuban Royal palm Florida Royal Palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000065
Common name: Cuban Royal palm, Florida Royal Palm
Arabic name: نخيل ملوكي
Native: Mexico, Cuba, Southern Florida
Country: Cuba Florida Mexico
(PGR): Cultivated plant

large palm, single trunk grow up to 20-30 m tall, 40 cm in diameter the trunk is stout, very smooth and grey-white in colour, crownshaft green colours 

leaves  pinnate 4 m long

flowers white with pinkish anthers 

fruit spheroid to ellipsoid in shape, 89-15 mm long, purplish-black in mature

ornamental palm.

Oreodoxa regia Kunth

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Texture: Sandy loam
Fertility: Low
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, germination 60 days.
Flowering time: Early spring
Zone: 10 : 11
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid
Located in: Herbarium Yard

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