| Coccothrinax crinita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Coccothrinax |
| Species: | C. crinita |
| Binomial name | |
| Coccothrinax crinita (Griseb. & H.Wendl. ex C.H.Wright) Becc.[1] |
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Coccothrinax crinita (guano barbudo, guano petate,[2] old man palm, palma petate)[3] is a palm which is endemic to Cuba. Like other members of the genus Coccothrinax, C. barbadensis is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 2 and 10 metres tall with stems 8 to 20 centimetres in diameter. The fruit is black, 0.7-2 cm in diameter.[2] It usually grows in seasonally flooded savannas, occasionally in hilly areas.
Coccothrinax crinita is frequently planted as an ornamental and the leaves are used for thatch.[2]
Two subspecies are recognised: Coccothrinax crinita subsp. brevicrinis Borhidi & O.Muñiz[4] and C. crinita subsp. crinita.[5]