Bottle Palm / Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

Description: Slow growing, dwarf palm, up to 3 m tall (16 ft),

Characteristic: swollen, bottle-shaped trunk, up to 60 cm in diameter at base (2 ft); has small crown of 4-8, upwardly arching, pinnate leaves, up to about 3.5 m long (12 ft) in mature plants; leaflets up to about 60 cm long (2 ft); inflorescences with white flowers emerge at base of leaves, grow upwards then turn down with weight of maturing fruit; flowering occurs in 8th to 10th year of growth; fruit ovoid, up to 4 cm long (1.5 in), born in large clusters, turning black when ripe.

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