Queen Palm (Syagrus Romanzoffianum)

Date Collected: April 4, 2012
Location Collected: The Queen Palm pictures were taken from my backyard.
Clade: The Queen palm is a vascular plant which also belongs to the monocot angiosperms or "hidden" seeds.

Habitat: The Queen Palm grows best in the full sun and takes reflected heat. It needs low maintenance with watering about once or twice a month which is why they are able to survive in Arizona’s heat. These trees are mostly grown and found in most tropical and subtropical areas.

Nativity: It is native to South America, mostly Brazil, but also smaller portions of Argentina and Bolivia.

Special notes:  The leaves and inflorescences are used as animal feed and commonly when milking cows. The hard nut fruit it grows has the flavor of a mix between plum and banana, which birds and mammals consume.

Resources: http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Arecaceae/Syagrus_romanzoffianum.html

                 http://ag.arizona.edu/pima/gardening/aridplants/Syagrus_romanzoffianum.html