| Leucothrinax (loo-koh-TREE-naks) |
Elizabeth Caye, Bahamas.
Habitat and DistributionBahamas, Cuba, Florida, Haiti, Leeward Is., and Puerto Rico. Widespread and common
| Leucothrinax (loo-koh-TREE-naks) |
Elizabeth Caye, Bahamas.
Habitat and DistributionBahamas, Cuba, Florida, Haiti, Leeward Is., and Puerto Rico. Widespread and common in
Leucothrinax morrisii is a palmate-leaved palm with a solitary brown or grey trunk 1–11 metres (3–36 ft) tall and 5–35 centimetres (2–14 in) in diameter. Leaves are pale blue-green or yellow-green, whitish on the undersides. Petioles are 27–84 cm (0.9–2.8 ft) long with split petioles. The leaflets are 33–75 cm (1.1–2.5 ft) long and 2.3–4.8 cm (1–2 in) wide. The inflorescences extend beyond the leaves and are 55–100 cm (1.8–3.3 ft) long. The fruit are white, and turn yellow as they mature.
Solitary, unarmed, hermaphroditic palm to 11m tall. Stems to 35 cm in diameter. Leaves palmate, induplicate. Leaves glaucous adaxially; adaxial hastula silky upon leaf emergence (but pubescence caducous); leaf blade composed entirely of palisade cells; flowers sessile or subsessile