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Coccothrinax pauciramosa (Coccothrinax pauciramosa)

Description

Coccothrinax pauciramosa yuraguana, yuraguana vestida is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. Like other members of the genus, C. pauciramosa is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 2 and 5 metres tall occasionally up 15 m tall with stems 4 to 8 centimetres in diameter occasionally up to 20 cm in diameter. The fruit is purple-black, 0.7–1.2 cm in diameter.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Arecales

            • Family: Arecaceae

              • Genus: Coccothrinax