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Morass Cabbage Palm

Roystonea princeps

Also called Morass Royal Palm

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SW. Jamaica
Climate
wet tropical

About

Roystonea princeps, commonly known as Morass cabbage palm or Morass royal palm, is a species of palm which is endemic to western Jamaica.

Where it grows

Roystonea princeps is endemic to the western Jamaican parishes of St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, in wetlands around Black River and Negril.

Other Roystonea plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Roystonea princeps 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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