Kingdom Plantae Family Arecaceae Scientific name Coccothrinax ekmanii | Order Arecales Genus Coccothrinax Rank Species | |
Similar Coccothrinax readii, Coccothrinax salvatoris, Coccothrinax argentea, Coccothrinax borhidiana, Coccothrinax clarensis | ||
Coccothrinax ekmanii (gwenn) is a palm which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola. Like other members of the genus, C. ekmanii is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 3 and 15 metres tall with stems 5 to 8 (occasionally 20) centimetres in diameter. The fruit is brownish, 5–6 millimetres in diameter. It grows on rocky hills or in dry scrub forest on limestone.
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