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§1 Plant
Roystonea borinquena O.F. Cook
vernacular Puerto Rico royal palm — species · Arecaceae
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Arecaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Roystonea
§2a
Native status, by region
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 11 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 40 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 365 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–150 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Root depth
- 36 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 40 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Winter
- Seed begins
- Year Round
- Seed ends
- Year Round
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 6,570
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 11 counties across 1 state.
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ROBO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2733750 ↗Record version
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