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Sabal palmetto (Walt.) Lodd. Ex Schult. & Schult.f.

Blue Palmetto Carolina Palmetto

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000067
Common name: Blue Palmetto, Carolina Palmetto
English name: Cabbage palmetto
Arabic name: سابال بالمتو
Native: Southern United States
Country: United States
(PGR): Very common

Grows up to 20 m high, leaves  fan, costapalmate 

flowers  white in large compound panicles up to 25 m, extending out beyond the leaves

Fruit black, drupe, about 13 cm long containing a single seed

ornamental palm. The plant has a wide range of traditional uses for the indigenous people, supplying food, medicines and materials for building, making baskets, weaving etc. It is little used nowadays. Bees use its pollen

Sabal umbraculifera Mart

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Texture: Sandy loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, about 1 month germinated
Flowering time: Late Spring
Zone: 8 : 11
pH range: 6.6-8.4
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Food Ornamental Thatching
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline Neutral

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