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'''''Sygrus sancona''''' is one of the most ornamental of the genus and an excellent palm for many areas of southern California.  This Syagrus has an exceptionally full, plumose leaf, that is so three dimensional it resembles a fox tail.  It also has fairly good cold tolerance, and does well in hot, relatively dry situations, too.
 
'''''Sygrus sancona''''' is one of the most ornamental of the genus and an excellent palm for many areas of southern California.  This Syagrus has an exceptionally full, plumose leaf, that is so three dimensional it resembles a fox tail.  It also has fairly good cold tolerance, and does well in hot, relatively dry situations, too.
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Latest revision as of 00:03, 9 August 2015

Pronunciation: sigh-AH-grus san-COE-nuh


Common Name: South American Foxtail Palm

Sygrus sancona is one of the most ornamental of the genus and an excellent palm for many areas of southern California. This Syagrus has an exceptionally full, plumose leaf, that is so three dimensional it resembles a fox tail. It also has fairly good cold tolerance, and does well in hot, relatively dry situations, too.

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: solitary with a crown of about 16-20 plumose leaves
  • Height: 50'
  • Trunk: single, clean; irregularly ringed with wide white rings; green near top; 8" thick
  • Crownshaft: none
  • Spread: 12'
  • Leaf Description: pinnate; symmetrically plumose, similar in shape to Wodyetia leaf, only with thinner leaflets (hence 'foxtail name'); arching; 9' long; medium green
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: 1' long, unarmed, green; unsplit leaf bases
  • Reproduction: monoecious
  • Inflorescence: 1' long, highly branched with 'wiggly' looking branches; often covered with boat-shaped, ovoid spathe
  • Fruit: ovoid 1" long; deep green to yellow-orange when ripe
  • Seed:
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 26F
  • Drought Tolerance: moderate
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: good
  • Wind Tolerance: moderate
  • Salt Tolerance: unknown
  • Growth Rate: slow to moderate with age
  • Soil Preference: widely adaptable
  • Light Requirement: ful sun
  • Human Hazards: none
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: none
  • Transplants?: moderately movable
  • Indoor?: unknown
  • Availability: rare but readily available at many palm specialty nurseries


  • San Diego county, California

  • Hawaii

  • Hawaii

  • Hawaii

  • Thailand, Nong Nooch gardens

  • fallen seed and seedlings

  • California seedling

  • juvenile, Hawaii

  • infructescence

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