Acoelorraphe wrightii — a medium houseplant
SPECIMEN · FROM THE LIBRARY
Acoelorraphe wrightii

Acoelorraphe Wrightii

Updated · 25 observations
ON THIS PLANT

Acoelorraphe is a genus of palms with a single species Acoelorraphe wrightii, known as the Paurotis palm, Everglades palm or Madeira palm in English and cubas, tique, and papta in Spanish. The genus name is sometimes spelt as Acoelorrhaphe or Acoelorhaphe, which are treated as orthographical variants by the International Plant Names Index.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Acoelorraphe
Family
Arecaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Everglades palm en Paurotis palm en Silver saw palm
PLATES
Acoelorraphe wrightii leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Acoelorraphe wrightii leaf
PLATE 02 · leaf
Acoelorraphe wrightii bark
PLATE 03 · bark
Acoelorraphe wrightii habit
PLATE 04 · habit