Sombrero palm
Brahea dulcis
Size: Up to 25 feet (7.5 m)
Min. Temperature: 25°F (-4°C)
Water Requirements: Little water
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Origin: Eastern Mexico to Nicaragua
Leaf: Costapalmate,
10 to 15 leaves, slightly glaucous green. 30 to 50 leaflets,
slightly armed.
Trunk: 5 to 8 inches in diameter (12 to 20 cm).
Flower: hermaphoditic.
Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, longer than the leaves, thick, tomentose.
Fruit: green to brown, tomentose..
0.4 to 0.6 inch long (1 to 1.5 cm).
edible fruits, ovoid.
Seed:
