Rio Grande palmetto
Sabal mexicana Mart.
- light
- —
- water
- Little
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- 3.5 m
Arecaceae
Formerly Erythea loretensis, Inodes exul, Inodes mexicana, Inodes texana, and 3 more
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Texas to SW. Costa RicaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 12 m to 18 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 3.0 m to 4.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 墨西哥箬棕, 墨西哥菜棕
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0 us
- 3D model: Sabal mexicana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.