Pronunciation: sigh-AG-russ oh-lur-RACE-ee-uh
Common Name: Bitter Coconut Palm
Syagrus oleraceais a relatively easy to grow species for California, but is way under grown. It looks like a less graceful and smaller form of Queen Palm but still has some ornamental value.
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Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 8-15 plumose leaves
- Height: 40'
- Trunk: single; 6"-8" thick; whitish; ringed; sometimes a few un-split leaf bases are retained near the top of the trunk
- Crownshaft: none
- Spread: 15'
- Leaf Description: pinnate; plumose with a marked variation in the planes of the leaflets; arching; medium grey green to dull, yellow green; 8'-9' long; new leaflets fairly stiff, but older ones tend to droop
- Petiole/Leaf bases: 6" long; unarmed; flat on top; dull green; un-split leaf, wide leaf bases sometimes retained for a year or two
- Reproduction: monoecious
- Inflorescence: 1.5' long; arching and pendent
- Fruit: oblong; 2" long; yellow-green when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 26F
- Drought Tolerance: moderate
- Dry Heat Tolerance: moderate to good
- Cool Tolerance: moderate
- Wind Tolerance: moderate to good
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: moderate
- Soil Preference: adaptable
- Light Requirement: full sun
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown
- Availability: rare
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Huntington Gardens near Pasadena, California
garden of Ralph Velez, Orange County, California
San Diego county, California
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