Pronunciation: bra-HEE-uh sal-vuh-door-EN-siss
Common Name: none
Brahea salvadorensis is a fairly rare palm species in cultivation, from El Salvador and Nicaragua. For a Brahea it has rather large, circular leaves with pendent leaflet tips.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 10-20 fan leaves
- Height: 20'
- Trunk: single; 10" thick; covered with closely spaced, un-split leaf bases and fiber
- Crownshaft: none
- Spread: 10'-12'
- Leaf Description: palmate; 6'-7' long; semicircular to nearly circular; leaf blade about 3' across; bright green; leaves divided to about 1/3 their length; leaflets pendent
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 3'-4' long; flattish; armed with small, dark marginal teeth; light green dorsal surface; medium green ventrally; leaf bases unsplit
- Reproduction: monoecious
- Inflorescence: 3'-4' long; from among the leaves; branched; pale yellow flowers
- Fruit: black when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 27F
- Drought Tolerance: moderate
- Dry Heat Tolerance: good
- Cool Tolerance: good
- Wind Tolerance: moderate
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow
- Soil Preference: adaptable
- Light Requirement: partial to full sun
- Human Hazards: small but sharp petiolar teeth
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none yet
- Transplants?: unknown (likely poorly tolerant)
- Indoor?: unlikely a good candidate
- Availability: extremely rare
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