توضیحات
Coccothrinax miraguama is a palm which is endemic to Cuba.It is found on hills and in savannahs around Cuba
Hight: To 30 feet, (9 meters), crown to 12 feet in diameter, covered with old leaf bases and fibers. After a while, the trunk becomes bare and grey. Leaf detail: Palmately compound, 20 to 30 almost circular leaves, silvery lower surface, 40 to 60 segments, up to 5 feet wide (1.5 m)
Recognition: Single-trunked, palmate-leaved, small palm having the trunk covered with woven (appearing like weathered burlap), dark-colored fibers (vs. shaggy, usually near-white, and beardlike in C. crinita). The leaves are circular in outline, particularly stiff, deeply cut, and have the leaflets wide (2”) and widely spaced, failing to lie flat, overlapping each other irregularly, and hairy beneath. The fruits pass from red to deep purple-black
Flower: Cream bisexual flowers. Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, 3 feet long (90 cm)
Fruit: red when ripening turning dark red to black when ripe. 0.5 inch in diameter. round
Culture
Requirements: Full sun, fair to moderate water, well drained position. Hardiness, USDA zones 10-11
:Three subspecies are recognised
Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. havanensis
Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. miraguama
Coccothrinax miraguama subsp. roseocarpa
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