Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart. is a plant in the Arecaceae family, order Arecales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart.

Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart.

Brahea dulcis, the sweet hesper palm, is a single-trunked Arecaceae species native to Central America and southern North America with edible fruit.

Family
Genus
Brahea
Order
Arecales
Class
Liliopsida

About Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart.

Brahea dulcis, commonly known as the sweet hesper palm or apak palm, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the palm family Arecaceae. It is native to dry woodland habitats in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras. This is a single-trunked palm that grows to a height of 7.5 m (25 ft), produces edible fruit, and has leaves ranging in color from green to blue-green. It is occasionally sold by commercial plant suppliers.

Photo: (c) Roberto González, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Roberto González · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Arecales Arecaceae Brahea

More from Arecaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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