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Butia lallemantii is a species of palm described in 2006. Unlike more familiar Butia species, this is a clustering, acaulescent species lacking an above-ground trunk. It was the third of such species of Butia described. It is caespitose; branching underground with normally 3-6 branches. It grows to 60–160 cm tall, with 5-12 leaves with 24-40 leaflets a side. The fruit are edible, ovate-lanceolate, yellow-orange, 2.5-3.5 x 1.6-2.5 cm, with a reddish apex.
It is found somewhat widespread in an area of southeast Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and in a fragmented cluster of 8 small subpopulations totalling some 300 plants in a part of Rivera Department in northern Uruguay.
It is sometimes cultivated. It is advised to plant the palms in full sunlight. It is said to take −11 °C, but should be protected at −4 °C in the Netherlands.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Butia lallemantii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
