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Chamaerops humils
Distribution and habitat
Cultivation
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Native species

CHAMAEROPS HUMILIS L.

Description

Chamaerops humilis 10In its natural habitat this palm usually forms shrubs less than 2 metres high that are impenetrable.

The trunks are generally 15-25 cm. (6-10") in diameter, covered in fibres, and they keep their dead leaves for a long time. The "elatior" variety only forms one trunk.

Its leaves are palmate, induplicate, about 40-60 cm. wide and are deeply divided into numerous segments, more or less rigid, that end in a round tip that divides. The most common colour is light green, but it can also be greyish blue (var. cerifera) or whitish and hairy on the underside (var. argentata).

The petiole is thin and strongly toothed, and reaches a length of 0,50 to 1,00 metres.

Dioecious -there are male and female plants-, although sometimes the flowers are bisexual, the palmitos have from a young age begun to form some small yellow inflorescence which appears between the leaves.

The fruit, which is the size of an olive, smells bad because the fibrous pulp which surrounds the seeds contains a high quantity of butiric acid. The fruit has a green tinge to begin with, and in the autumn turns reddish-brown as it matures.

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The seeds are rounded or oval and are very hardy, with the embryo situated laterally.
 
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