Butia capitata
Jelly palm · also Cocus capitata, Pindo palm, Brazilian butia palm
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Butia capitata, also known as jelly palm, is a small feather palm with arching silver-green fronds and sweet-tasting fruits. It forms a thick, sturdy trunk and produces white, self-pollinating flowers. This species is drought and salt tolerant, as well as unusually cold hardy for a feather palm, making it attractive for landscaping in warm and temperate regions.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1590.03%35 yr18 in
- 770.05%—18 in
- 50.00%—2.5 in
- 40.00%—17 in
- 20.00%—5.6 in
- 10.00%—5.5 in
Traits
- Form
- Palm
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15–25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–15 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 17 in, mean 15 in, 90th percentile 21 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Brazilian Atlantic dry forests
- Caatinga
Other Butia in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
