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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Butia odorata   FAMILY Arecaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Butia capitata   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Butia odorata

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Butia capitata

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Butia capitata

 

COMMON NAME:
Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia


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image of Butia odorata, Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia

JK Marlow    jkm0502d_08

February    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

image of Butia odorata, Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia

JK Marlow    jkm0502d_09

February    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

image of Butia odorata, Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia

JK Marlow    jkm0502d_10

February    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

The petioles are armed with curved spines (vs. those of Cocos unarmed), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Butia odorata, Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia

JK Marlow    jkm0502d_11

February    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

Leaflets not filamentose.

image of Butia odorata, Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia

JK Marlow    jkm0502d_16

February    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

Cabbage Palmetto in the upper left; Pindo Palm lower right.

image of Butia odorata, Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia

JK Marlow    jkm0502d_18

February    Georgetown County    SC

Huntington Beach State Park

image of Butia odorata, Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia

JK Marlow    jkm150301_788

March    Charleston County    SC

Trunk is heavy, patterned with the stubs of old leaves, per The Southern Living Garden Book.


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image of Butia odorata, Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia

JK Marlow    jkm150301_792

March    Charleston County    SC

This slow-growing hardy palm produces feathery, arching, gray-green leaves, per The Southern Living Garden Book.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Butia odorata   FAMILY Arecaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Butia capitata   FAMILY Arecaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Butia odorata

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Butia capitata

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Butia capitata

 

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2972

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Widely planted in the outer Coastal Plain of se. NC, e. SC, e. GA, and FL, persistent in apparently semi-natural situations, and now showing signs of naturalizing into natural areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: southern Brazil & Uruguay

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Compound

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Orange
Drupaceous

 

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