Scientific Name:
Butia capitataProduct Details:
Ships bare rooted. 2-3 feet in height.
Butia capitata Pindo Palm- Originating in southern Brazil, Uruguay, and nothern Argentina, this slow-growing palm is cold hardy, and the blue-gray canopy of leaves make it easily recognizable. Pindo Palm is the hardiest feather-leafed palm in cultivation at this time. The large, pinnate, feather-like leaves arch up and recurve down towards the trunk. Leaf stems grow from 4 to 10 feet in length and have spines alongside both edges. The thick, sturdy trunk is covered with persistent leaf bases.
Palms are not typical trees. Instead of branching out, they grow huge leaves from a giant bud at ther apex. The palm grows taller as this bud keeps producing new leaves and the lowest leaves die and fall. Next to the grasses, the palm family is most important in its usefulness to man. In some tropical countries the entire economy is based on palms, with the trees supplying food, shelter, and clothing. Worldwide, palms are an important souce of food, vegetable oil, and sugar. They also provide timber, fiber, rattan cane, carnauba wax, and button ivory. We use them for everything from fuel and shampoo to the coconut seasoning of cakes and curries. Palms are planted as ornamentals for indoor and outdoor use to provide a tropical atmosphere.