General Landscape Uses: Street tree, specimen palm

Ecological Restoration Notes: Fruits for wildlife, nesting on canopy

Description: Palm tree with arching fronds and smooth gray trunk.

Dimensions: Height 50 ft.; Spread 20 – 25 ft.

Growth Rate: Fast

Native Range: South America

Native Habitats: Atlantic Forest, Araucaria moist forests, and gallery forests (riparian woodlands)

Soils: well-drained, sandy or loamy

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate to high

Salt Water Tolerance: Low to moderate

Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate

Drought Tolerance: Moderate

Light Requirements: full sun

Flower Color: cream to yellow

Flower Characteristics: Clusters

Flowering Season: Spring and Summer

Fruit: bright orange, round to slightly elongated fruits between ¾ and 1 inch long

Wildlife and Ecology: Fruits are a food source for wildlife, provides shelter

Horticultural Notes: Propagated by seed

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