''Coccothrinax argentea'' is a
palm
Palm most commonly refers to:
* Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand
* Palm plants, of family Arecaceae
** List of Arecaceae genera
**Palm oil
* Several other plants known as "palm"
Palm or Palms may also refer to:
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which is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of C ...
.
This species is frequently confused with ''
Coccothrinax argentata''.
Description
It is a medium-sized palm (growing about 10 m tall. Leaves are dark green above and silvery below.
Like other ''Coccothrinax'' species, ''C. argentea'' is a
fan palm. Very young leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses
It is also used
medicinally by traditional healers to treat
uterine fibroids
Uterine fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomas, fibromyoma or fibroids, are leiomyoma, benign smooth muscle tumors of the uterus, part of the female reproductive system. Most people with fibroids have no symptoms while others may have dysm ...
and
hot flash
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es.
Name
Common names include: Hispaniola silver thatch palm,
[ Cana,][ Guano, Latanye marron, Latanye savanne,]
References
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argentea
Trees of Haiti
Trees of the Dominican Republic
Plants described in 1830
Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari