Queen palm
Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- 6.9 m
Arecaceae
Formerly Arecastrum romanzoffianum, Calappa acrocomioides, Calappa australis, Calappa datil, and 12 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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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
- Brazil to NE. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 15 mRead from UF/IFAS EDIS, one source
- Spread
- 6.1 m to 7.6 mRead from UF/IFAS EDIS, one source
- Flowers
- CreamRead from UF/IFAS EDIS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -3.9 °C (USDA zone 9b)Read from UF/IFAS EDIS, one source
Not known yet: light, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 女王椰子, 皇后葵, 金山葵
- Simplified Chinese
- 女王椰子, 金山葵
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS EDIS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Syagrus romanzoffiana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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