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Attalea speciosa
Cusi Palm

The Cusi palm is a large but fairly short stemmed palm with beautiful long, flat, upright leaves and very large fruit, which are an important source of oil in its native S-Brazil and Bolivia.

 
 

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Seeds from this species ...

...very easy to germinate and need up to 1 month to sprout.
I purchased two seeds (as Orbignya martiana) from ***** in Miami about ten years ago.The seeds were planted in two-gallon containers of gravel mixed half-and-half with mulsh from our "green-waste" facility. Both seeds germinated in a few weeks (I didn't record how soon; it was not too long). One produced two individual seedlings.I planted one in the clayey fill behind my home and it thrived. Today the tops of the fronds reach well above the top of my 24-ft tall house. I'm ashamed to admit that I neglected the other two seedlings and allowed them to die. ;-(I have some nice pictures of the palm if anyone would like me to e-mail them to you.
Submitted on 24/01/2005 by John M. Flanigan johnf@hawaii.edu

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