Prestoea acuminata var. acuminata
Family: Arecaceae Palm Tree
Common Name: Red Crownshaft Palm
Cold Hardiness Zone: 9a View the UK and US zone maps
Prestoea acuminata var. acuminata Information
General Information
A highly variable, medium sized pinnate palm to 8 m tall with a green and white ringed trunk up to 25 cm diameter, while the crownshaft varies from green through to reddish through to purplish black. The dark green leaves are medium sized, 2.0-2.5 m long, and are held in a fairly upright manner.
A mildly frost tolerant palm from the high Andes at 3000 m. Often seen growing along the Inca trail together with Geonoma undata.
Distribution
Native to: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Location: Ecuador (-2.711878°N, -79.101562°E)
Observations
Map may not represent the complete natural distribution. (Markers display observation data).
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