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'''''Syagrus coronata''''' is an excellent palm for many of the warmer and the more desert-like areas of California.  It has a nice symmetry not seen in many other species of Syagrus.  There are many mature examples this palm throughout southern California.  Nice ornamental trunk with spiraling leaf bases, too.  Needs a bit of room since leaf spread is large and leaves grow primarily laterally.  
 
'''''Syagrus coronata''''' is an excellent palm for many of the warmer and the more desert-like areas of California.  It has a nice symmetry not seen in many other species of Syagrus.  There are many mature examples this palm throughout southern California.  Nice ornamental trunk with spiraling leaf bases, too.  Needs a bit of room since leaf spread is large and leaves grow primarily laterally.  
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File:Syagrus coronata FA.jpg|Fullerton arboretum, Orange county, California
 
File:Syagrus coronata FA.jpg|Fullerton arboretum, Orange county, California

Revision as of 23:50, 8 August 2015

Pronunciation: sigh-AHG-russ core-uh-NOT-uh


Common Name: Licury Palm

Syagrus coronata is an excellent palm for many of the warmer and the more desert-like areas of California. It has a nice symmetry not seen in many other species of Syagrus. There are many mature examples this palm throughout southern California. Nice ornamental trunk with spiraling leaf bases, too. Needs a bit of room since leaf spread is large and leaves grow primarily laterally.

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: solitary with a crown of 10-20 feather leaves
  • Height: 10'
  • Trunk: single; 8"-10" thick; covered with closely spaced un-split leaf bases that tend to spiral around trunk
  • Crownshaft: none
  • Spread: 12'-14'
  • Leaf Description: pinnate; plumose with leaflets in two distinct planes, both in a 'V'; some leaflet drooping but for most of their length are fairly stiff and straight; leaflets arranged fairly symmetrically and are short relative to the length of the leaf give the leaves an ornamental, sculpted look; long and arching (8'-9' long) with a bit of a twist in some; light to glaucous green in color
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: 2' long; slightly arching, unarmed, light green to yellowy-green
  • Reproduction: monoecious
  • Inflorescence: 2' long; many branches; arching from within leaf crown; yellow flowers
  • Fruit: 1" long; ovoid; yellow-green to orange when ripe; fuzzy brown tomentum on them
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 27F
  • Drought Tolerance: good once established
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: good
  • Wind Tolerance: moderate
  • Salt Tolerance: unknown
  • Growth Rate: slow
  • Soil Preference: widely adaptable
  • Light Requirement: full sun
  • Human Hazards: none
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: none
  • Transplants?: moves fairly well
  • Indoor?: unknown
  • Availability: rare but often available at palm specialty nurseries


  • Fullerton arboretum, Orange county, California

  • Fallbrook, California

  • Fallbrook

  • Orange county

  • Foster Garden, Oahu, Hawaii

  • juvenile palm (8 years old) after its 4th transplant move

  • trunks in Hawaii

  • flowers and immature fruit in Hawaii

  • leaf burn from 25F

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