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Jamaican Royal Palm

Roystonea altissima

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Native range
Jamaica
Climate
wet tropical

About

Roystonea altissima is a species of palm which is endemic to hillsides and mountain slopes near the interior of Jamaica. The name altissima is Latin for "highest", however they are not the tallest species in the genus Roystonea. They are usually found just over sea-level to 760 metres (2,490 ft) in elevation.

Other Roystonea plants

Puerto Rico royal palm · Yagua · Roystonea lenis · Roystonea maisiana · Imperial Palm · Roystonea palaea · Morass Cabbage Palm · Cuban Royal Palm · Roystonea stellata · Roystonea violacea · Royal palm

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Roystonea altissima 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.

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