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Drooling Nut

Syagrus cearensis

Drooling Nut
Photo: Rapper Ouriço, CC BY-SA 3.0

Syagrus cearensis is a clustering palm native to northeastern Brazil, grown for its sweet yellow fruit. It is well suited to seasonally dry tropical climates and needs full sun and well-drained soil.

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Palm
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
18 to 35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
NE. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Syagrus cearensis (Portuguese: coco-babão) is a natural palm endemic to Brazil.

It is native to the states of Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and Ceará Its highest rate of occurrence is within Ceará state, used in the species name.

Other Syagrus plants

Syagrus weddelliana · Blue Rocky Syagrus · Catole Palm · Queen palm · Syagrus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syagrus cearensis 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.

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