| Description | A very tall growing palm used as large landscape palms in the warmer hardiness zones. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | 9-11 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | prefers average moisture but is tolerant of drought once established |
| Soil & Site | moderately rich well drained, tolerates poor and sandy soils |
| Temperature | hardy to about 20 degrees F, at this temperature the foliage will die but not the plant |
| Flowers | Large clusters of branched inflorescence of whitish flowers. The fruit consists of black berries. |
| Leaves | large, palmate, reaching 4 feet wide by 5 feet long, found at the top of the plant, petioles are 3 feet long and edged with sharp saw tooth spines, the leaves die and form a skirt of dead leaves around the stem. |
| Stems | gray/brown trunk, ringed with closely set leaf scars |
| Dimensions | Reaches up to 100 feet as a single stemmed plant |
| Maintenance | The skirt of dead leaves is considered a fire hazard and removal is required by many municipalities. |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native to desert mountain valleys and canyons of Sonora and Baja Mexico. |
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