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Latest revision as of 17:42, 24 September 2015

Pronunciation: sigh-AG-russ oh-lur-RACE-ee-uh


Common Name: Bitter Coconut Palm

Syagrus oleraceais a relatively easy to grow species for California, but is way under grown. It looks like a less graceful and smaller form of Queen Palm but still has some ornamental value.

Appearance and Biology
  • Habit: solitary with a crown of 8-15 plumose leaves
  • Height: 40'
  • Trunk: single; 6"-8" thick; whitish; ringed; sometimes a few un-split leaf bases are retained near the top of the trunk
  • Crownshaft: none
  • Spread: 15'
  • Leaf Description: pinnate; plumose with a marked variation in the planes of the leaflets; arching; medium grey green to dull, yellow green; 8'-9' long; new leaflets fairly stiff, but older ones tend to droop
  • Petiole/Leaf bases: 6" long; unarmed; flat on top; dull green; un-split leaf, wide leaf bases sometimes retained for a year or two
  • Reproduction: monoecious
  • Inflorescence: 1.5' long; arching and pendent
  • Fruit: oblong; 2" long; yellow-green when ripe
Horticultural Characteristics
  • Minimum Temp: 26F
  • Drought Tolerance: moderate
  • Dry Heat Tolerance: moderate to good
  • Cool Tolerance: moderate
  • Wind Tolerance: moderate to good
  • Salt Tolerance: unknown
  • Growth Rate: moderate
  • Soil Preference: adaptable
  • Light Requirement: full sun
  • Human Hazards: none
  • Disease or Horticultural Problems: none
  • Transplants?: unknown
  • Indoor?: unknown
  • Availability: rare

  • Huntington Gardens near Pasadena, California

  • garden of Ralph Velez, Orange County, California

  • Huntington Gardens

  • 4Huntington Gardens

  • Syagrus oleracea update.JPG

  • San Diego county, California

  • Huntington gardens

  • San Diego county

  • Syagrus oleracea trunk.jpg

  • Huntington Gardens

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