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Calyptronoma occidentalis
Also called Long Thatch Palm, Long Thatch
In Singapore: Manac Palm, Long Thatch (Grown in Singapore)
Jamaica Manac Palm is a slender, single-stemmed palm native to Cuba and Jamaica, reaching 7 to 12 m tall. It grows naturally in wet, waterlogged soils along stream banks, so keep its roots consistently moist.
Calyptronoma occidentalis is a species of palm which is native to Cuba and Jamaica. C. occidentalis is pinnately compound leaved, with stems that grow singly and reach heights of 7–12 m and 17–20 cm in diameter. It grows in waterlogged areas near the banks of streams, up to an elevation of 800 m above sea level.
The species was first described by Swedish botanist Olof Swartz in 1797 in his Flora Indiae Occidentalis.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calyptronoma occidentalis 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.
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.
