توضیحات
Aiphanes minima is a spiny palm tree which is native to the insular Caribbean from Hispaniola to Grenada, and widely cultivated elsewhere. Usually 5–8 metres (16–26 ft) tall, it sometimes grows as an understorey tree and only 2 m (6.6 ft) in height. Aiphanes minima is native to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Martinique, Barbados and Grenada and is widely cultivated elsewhere. The flowers have a sweet scent. The fruit, flowers and seeds of Aiphanes minima are consumed by the vulnerable Saint Vincent amazon (Amazona guildingii) and is also considered a potentially important food species for the critically endangered Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata)
Aiphanes minima is widely planted as an ornamental. The endosperm of the seeds is edible and is similar in taste to that of a coconut
نخل آیفانز مینیما گونه ای نخل بومی دومینیکن در آمریکای مرکزی است
میوه های این نخل حاوی بتاکارتن هستند و همانند هویج خوراکی هستند
هسته این نخل نیز خورایک است و طعم نارگیل دارد
بذرهای نخل آیفانز فرورفتگی های کوچکی دارد که کاملا بذرش با بقیه بذر نخل ها فرق داره و بسیار طرح دار و زیبا هست بذرهاش
تنه این نخل در مرحله بلوغ خاردار میشود
