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Cubam Palm

Copernicia hospita

In Singapore: Cana, Guano Hediondo, Guano Espinoso, Guano, 奇异蜡棕 (Grown in Singapore)

Copernicia hospita is a Cuban fan palm with a smooth, slender trunk crowned by a circular ring of blue-grey waxy fan leaves. It is grown mainly as an ornamental in warm, frost-free gardens, and its key requirement is full sun and warmth.

Family

Arecaceae (Palm family)

Grows as

Palm

Light

Full sun

Water

Water deeply when the top few centimetres of soil are dry, and reduce watering in winter.

Soil

Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates a range of soil types once established.

Temperature

18–32 °C; protect below 5 °C

How easy

Moderate

Native range

Cuba

Climate

wet tropical

[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]

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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.

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