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> Juania australis |
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DESCRIPTION: Endemic species from the Alexander Selkirk Island, archipelago, where it grows in the wooded region of the island, from the bottom of the gorges to summits of the hills highest, generally reunited in small groups or stains and associated to other species.
Straight, cylindrical trunk, of green crust and cover of oblique foliares scars brown. It was in danger of extinction. At the moment is protect by a law that prohibits its cutting and export. ORIGIN PLACE: Robinson Crusoe Island , Chile.
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> Wine Palm (Jubaea chilensis) |
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DESCRIPTION:
This is a monoic giant past of the Arecacea family. The trunk is smooth, of 25-30 m high and 1.5 to 2 m wide. The leaves of 4 to 5 m long and of brilliant green color. It begins to flourish between the 30 and 60 years. The fruits are fleshy, yellowish drupes, of 3 to 4 cm and formed in 3 to 12 clusters with other 900 fruits each one. The maturation is between February and May
GROWING AND ENVIROMENT: Formerly it was in all the central valleys from Limarν to the Maule river, but the population has diminished. Nowadays its natural distribution is from the IV region to the VII Region.
USES: The leaves have been used for building roofs and the spans for food and the coconuts for sweet shops, everything now controlled by the governmental authorities. Another characteristic utility is the extraction of honey, which is studied to be extracted without killing the palm.
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> Washingtonia robusta |
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DESCRIPTION: Species of leaves of compact glass, with edges little or nothing filamentous. Palm of fast growth in great variety of climates. ORIGIN PLACE: The northwest of Mexico. CULTURE AND USES: It is multiplied easily by seeds, that they germinate to the month. Rustic species that tolerates the lack of water, the poverty of the ground and the transplants very well. |
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> Washingtonia filifera |
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DESCRIPTION: Palm of heavy trunk, leaves in form of fan and filamentous edges. Of very ornamental aspect. ORIGIN PLACE: The North American west, in tubes and next to little streams of California of the west of Arizona and the northwest of Mexico. CULTURE AND USES: Species of high luminance exigencies, supports with facility the drought and to remain to total sun. It is developed without light, sandy and dry ground difficulty, also offering a high resistance to the contamination. |
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> Trachycarpus fortunei |
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DESCRIPTION: Monoic palm, cover of rest of old leaves and abundant fibrosidad of dark color. It is the palm that supports better the low temperatures. ORIGIN PLACE: East and center of China.
CULTIVE AND USES: It is multiplied by seeds, having taken about 3 months in germinating. It tolerates the transplant well and it supports the low temperatures, arriving to the extreme cold It is used forming groups. |
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> Brahea armata |
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DESCRIPTION: Palm of up to 12 meters of height with the fluted trunk vertically and rest of the old leaves in the superior part. It tolerates poor grounds whenever they drain well. Its growth is something slow. ORIGIN PLACE: Mexico and Baja California. CULTIVE AND USES: It is multiplied by seeds. It tolerates poor grounds whenever they drain well. Its growth is something slow. |
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> Phoenix canariensis |
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DESCRIPTION: Palm of heavy and straight trunk. Of pinnadas leaves, that form a leafy crown. It even tolerates diverse grounds and, the proximity to the sea. ORIGIN PLACE: Canary Islands.
CULTIVE AND USES: It is multiplied by seeds, that germinate in about 4 months. Quite rustic and resistant palm, that even tolerates diverse grounds and the proximity to the sea. It is used isolated or in alignments. |
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> Syagrus romanzoffiana |
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DESCRIPTION: Palm of elegant aspect, tropical and very decorative. In poor grounds iron is due to contribute, manganese and other elements, so that it does not turn yellow. ORIGIN PLACE: Center and the South of Brazil.
CULTIVE AND USES: It is multiplied by seeds that take in germinating between 3 to 6 months.
Very used in groups and alignments. Resistant species that tolerates enough good the transplant. |
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