Colpothrinax wrightii

Griseb. & H. Wendl. ex Voss

Cuban bottle palm

ArecaceaeFruit

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit ?

The fruit may be edible, though it is possibly used primarily as animal food.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It can grow in poor soils and dry areas.

Belize, Central America, Cuba, West Indies,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent

How to Identify

A palm. It can grow 12-15 m tall. The stem is swollen. The stem is 30 cm across and the bulge 90 cm across. The leaves are dark green and have tips that hang down.

How to Grow

It can grow in poor soils and

Wikipedia

Source ↗

Colpothrinax wrightii, the palma barrigona, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Cuba.

Notes

Possibly only animal food.

Names & Synonyms

Palma barrigona

Pritchardia wrightii (Griseb. & H. Wendl. ex Voss) Becc,

References (1)

Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 18