Brahea edulis
Guadalupe palm · also Palma de Guadalupe, Sweet brahea palm, Guadeloupe palm
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Brahea edulis is a striking, sturdy fan palm native to Guadalupe Island, Mexico. It features a thick trunk, silvery-green fronds, and produces round, purple-black fruits. This versatile palm is adapted to low humidity, occasional rainfall, and high heat, showing high tolerance to wind, drought, frost, and salt, making it suitable for desert and coastal urban conditions.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3840.08%35 yr15 in
- 990.07%—13 in
Traits
- Form
- Palm
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15–43 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 15 in, mean 16 in, 90th percentile 18 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Brahea in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
