''Coccothrinax spissa'', the guano
or swollen silver thatch palm,
is a
palm which is
endemic to the island of
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
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Description
Like other members of this genus, ''Coccothrinax spissa'' is a
fan palm. Stems grow singly and are 3 to 8 metres tall and 20 to 30 centimetres in diameter, usually swollen. The fruit is dark purple, 1.1 to 1.2 cm in diameter.
[ It grows in open areas in dry habitats, or at the margins of woodlands at low elevations (below 400 m ]above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
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References
spissa
Trees of Haiti
Trees of the Dominican Republic
Plants described in 1939
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