Phoenix rupicola
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Phoenix |
| Species: | P. rupicola
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Phoenix rupicola (rupicola -
habitat loss in its native range. On the other hand, the species is reportedly naturalised in the Andaman Islands, the Leeward Islands, Cuba and Puerto Rico[3] and a specimen has recently been reported in Saint Lucia.[citation needed
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Description
Phoenix rupicola palm trees grow to 8 metres (26 ft) in height, and 20 cm in width. They are usually clean of leaf bases except near the crown.
Leaves are 2.5 to 3 m long, 35 cm leaflets, pinnately arranged, on 50 – 60 cm pseudo petioles armed with spines. The spines are much less numerous and less vicious than the other Phoenix species.
The fruit is an oblong, yellow to orange drupe, 2 cm long containing a single large seed.
References
- . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Phoenix rupicola
- Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6(Page 405)
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