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Highland silver palm

(Coccothrinax scoparia)

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Description

Trunk type: Solitary. An attractive, medium sized fan palm, to about 12m high, with a flat, stiff, partially segmented but completely circular leaf. Very similar in appearance to C. miraguama , the main difference being that this species has considerably thinner pinnae. Leaf detail: Palmately compound.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Arecales
Family:Arecaceae
Genus:Coccothrinax
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