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Acrocomia

Acrocomia
Photo: Marcelo Cavallari, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acrocomia is a genus of spiny, pinnate-leaved palms from the Neotropics, ranging from tall trees to small palms with short underground stems. Most grown members need full sun and well-drained soil, and they are mainly grown outdoors in warm climates.

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply when the top soil dries, and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Acrocomia is a genus of palms which is native to the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico in the north, through Central America and the Caribbean, and through South America south to Argentina.

Other Acrocomia plants

Acrocomia aculeata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acrocomia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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