Pseudophoenix sargentii
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Pseudophoenix sargentii (cherry palm, palma de guinea, cacheo, kuká)[1][2] is a medium-sized palm found in the northern Caribbean, south to Dominica and adjacent parts of the mainland (Florida in the United States, Quintana Roo in Mexico[2] and Belize)[3] usually near the sea on sandy or limestone soils. The plant has solitary stems, 4-8 metres tall and up to 30 centimetres in diameter, often slightly swollen.[2]
It is occasionally used as an ornamental.[2]
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- ^ Cherry palm in the United States, palma de guinea in Cuba, cacheo in the Dominican Republic, kuká in Mexico
- ^ a b c d Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
- ^ Pseudophoenix sargentii. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
