10 Martingia Palm 13 Carnauba Wax Palm Aiphane acuelata syn. caryotifolia Copernicia prunifera
Aiphanes is a genus of spiny palms Native to the savannas and open ranging from 66-foot-tall trees to forests of Brazil, it gets its name small shrubs with subterranean from the valuable heat-resistant wax stems growing in Central and South harvested from the leaves. Take note America. Palms in this group are of its characteristically blue-green pleonanthic, meaning they flower fronds and long petioles, that top a gray repeatedly over the course of their trunk covered with spiraling leaf bases. life span.
The wax scraped from the leaves is used in a variety of products including car wax, candy, cosmetics, dental FUN This tree’s red fruit taste a bit like coconut and is a FACT floss, and paper plates.
FUN popular food among wild birds. FACT
14 Butterfly Palm, Golden Cane Palm Dypsis lutescens 11 Seashore Palm Allagoptera arenaria Ironically, although it is one of the most popular houseplant palms Endemic to the Atlantic Coast of sold, this palm is endangered in its Brazil, this palm has a subterranean, native Madagascar. Also common in or underground trunk. Because of tropical landscapes, it can reach 20 this, its crown is at ground level feet in height. where the swirling, graceful fronds can be appreciated. It is tolerant to the extreme coastal exposures of The group this plant belongs to, Dypsis, is the largest sun, wind, and salt spray. genus of palms, containing over 150 species—all found FUN FACT only on Madagascar.
This palm is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant throughout South America. Its fruit can be eaten fresh FUN FACT or used in a drink. 15 Princess Palm Dictyosperma album
Found only on the Mascarene Islands east of Madagascar, this palm is almost extinct in the wild. However, it 12 Pondoland Palm, Pondo is a popular landscape plant that does Coconut Palm best in coastal areas. It can grow to Jubaeopsis caffra 30 feet in height.
A coastal clumping palm from South Africa, where it grows on the banks of rivers. Threatened in the wild because This tree is also known as a hurricane palm, because of of deforestation, this slow-growing its ability to withstand strong hurricane force winds. FUN plant likes a sunny, well-drained FACT location.
Made possible through the generosity of
The miniature coconut is eaten by people and baboons, The Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation and weaver birds gather nesting material from the palms. FUN FACT
sandiegozoo.org Palms the numbers to the plant ID signs. The Matchtour begins at Map Locator 1, winds around 4 Mount Lewis King Palm 7 Triangle Palm Wegeforth Bowl, and ends at Reptile Walk. Archontophoenix purpurea ‘Mt. Lewis’ Dypsis decaryi
Florida Thatch Palm A stunning relative of the more Native to Madagascar’s rain forest, 1 Thrinax radiata common king palm Archontophoenix this single-trunked palm can grow cunninghamiana. Its natural habitat up to 25 feet tall, but in cultivation A small genus of only seven species, is limited to the Mount Lewis area of is usually only seen around 10 to they are native throughout the Gulf of northeast Queensland, Australia. It 15 feet. What makes this palm so Mexico and the Bahamas. All are very grows in mountainous rain forests that unique is its geometric shape—three slow growers and do not respond well are much cooler than those in tropical evenly spaced leaf bases around the to transplanting; however, they make regions. trunk that form a triangle. excellent container plants. They do require good drainage to be successful. While it likes heat, water, and fast-draining soil, this This species is easily distinguishable from other king palm does best planted in an open area, so the palms by its long, purple, slightly bulbous crown shaft. FUN FUN Florida thatch palms are ideal coastal palms as FACT FACT unique shape can be appreciated.
FUN they can tolerate salt spray and winds. FACT
2 Foxy Lady Palm 5 Cuban Royal Palm 8 San Jose Hesper Palm Wodveitchia Roystonea regia Brahea brandegeei
This variegated palm was created This palm is known for its lush and Native to Baja California, Mexico. specifically for the interior beautiful, feathery fronds on a Populations of this palm have landscape business by crossing the massive, white-gray smooth trunk suffered due to harvesting for foxtail palm Wodyetia bifurcata that flairs out at the bottom. Widely wood, edible fronds, and leaves with the sunshine palm Veitchia imported into Florida in the 1920s used for thatch. It is easily confused arecina. It grows best in full sun, and 30s, this species is now one of with the Mexican fan palm but will still do well in light shade. the most common palms there. Washingtonia robusta, but this species grows to only 25 feet tall.
A relative of this species, the Florida royal palm The unique variegated yellow and green leaves makes This palm can tolerate drought, full inland sun, and Roystonea elata, a native of Florida’s cypress
FUN this a showy palm in a hotel or business lobby. FUN FUN hot winds, but doesn’t like humidity. FACT FACT swamps, is disappearing in the wild. FACT
3 Rain Forest Palm 6 Ribbon Palm 9 Loulu Palm Clinostigma harlandii Livistona decipiens Pritchardia ssp. Hawaiian
A tropical palm native to Vanuatu’s This palm grows along forest edges and Single-trunked palm trees with cloud forests, this graceful palm has a coastal swamps of eastern Queensland, fan-shaped leaves, the genus smooth, waxy trunk. This fast grower Australia. In the United States, it can Pritchardia consists of 26 species of does best in humid tropical and survive where temperatures do not drop palms native to the tropical Pacific subtropical areas; however, it will below 20°F. The name decipiens, Latin Islands. There are as many as 23 tolerate cooler temperatures. There for “deceptive,” is thought to have been endemic species of Pritchardia are 10 other species of palms native to given after discovering that it had been throughout the Hawaiian Islands. the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu. misidentified and cultivated as another plant species.
It is used for food by the local people who eat the The common name of this palm comes from its leaves, Loulu means “umbrella” and its leaves were used as “heart” of the palm which tastes like a cross between which are split into many pieces from the middle of the cover from rain and sun. Early Hawaiians used the FUN FUN FUN FACT asparagus and French beans. FACT leaf, looking like ribbons dangling from a hand-held fan. FACT hard wood from tall trunks to make spears. 10 Martingia Palm 13 Carnauba Wax Palm Aiphane acuelata syn. caryotifolia Copernicia prunifera
Aiphanes is a genus of spiny palms Native to the savannas and open ranging from 66-foot-tall trees to forests of Brazil, it gets its name small shrubs with subterranean from the valuable heat-resistant wax stems growing in Central and South harvested from the leaves. Take note America. Palms in this group are of its characteristically blue-green pleonanthic, meaning they flower fronds and long petioles, that top a gray repeatedly over the course of their trunk covered with spiraling leaf bases. life span.
The wax scraped from the leaves is used in a variety of products including car wax, candy, cosmetics, dental FUN This tree’s red fruit taste a bit like coconut and is a FACT floss, and paper plates.
FUN popular food among wild birds. FACT
14 Butterfly Palm, Golden Cane Palm Dypsis lutescens 11 Seashore Palm Allagoptera arenaria Ironically, although it is one of the most popular houseplant palms Endemic to the Atlantic Coast of sold, this palm is endangered in its Brazil, this palm has a subterranean, native Madagascar. Also common in or underground trunk. Because of tropical landscapes, it can reach 20 this, its crown is at ground level feet in height. where the swirling, graceful fronds can be appreciated. It is tolerant to the extreme coastal exposures of The group this plant belongs to, Dypsis, is the largest sun, wind, and salt spray. genus of palms, containing over 150 species—all found FUN FACT only on Madagascar.
This palm is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant throughout South America. Its fruit can be eaten fresh FUN FACT or used in a drink. 15 Princess Palm Dictyosperma album
Found only on the Mascarene Islands east of Madagascar, this palm is almost extinct in the wild. However, it 12 Pondoland Palm, Pondo is a popular landscape plant that does Coconut Palm best in coastal areas. It can grow to Jubaeopsis caffra 30 feet in height.
A coastal clumping palm from South Africa, where it grows on the banks of rivers. Threatened in the wild because This tree is also known as a hurricane palm, because of of deforestation, this slow-growing its ability to withstand strong hurricane force winds. FUN plant likes a sunny, well-drained FACT location.
Made possible through the generosity of
The miniature coconut is eaten by people and baboons, The Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation and weaver birds gather nesting material from the palms. FUN FACT
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