Coccothrinax argentea explained

Coccothrinax argentea is a palm which is endemic to Hispaniola.^[1]

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.^[2] Like other Coccothrinax species, C. argentea is a fan palm. Very young leaves are eaten as a vegetable.^[3]

Uses

It is also used medicinally by traditional healers to treat uterine fibroids and hot flashes.^[4]

Name

Common names include: Hispaniola silver thatch palm,^[2] Cana,^[4] Guano, Latanye marron, Latanye savanne,^[5] Broom palm, Hispaniolan silver palm, Silver thatch palm, Palmera plateada de La Hispaniola, Guanito, Guano de escoba.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coccothrinax argentea . https://archive.today/20130802160643/http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=44378&repSynonym_id=203946&name_id=44378&status=true . dead . 2013-08-02 . 2007-01-30 . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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2. Web site: Palms: Coccothrinax argentea . 2007-01-30 . Palm and Cycad Society of Australia .
3. Web site: Edible Palms and Their Uses. 2007-01-30. Haynes. Jody. John McLaughlin. November 2000. Fact Sheet MDCE-00-50-1. University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. https://web.archive.org/web/20060926212513/http://www.rarefruit.org/PDF_files/EdiblePalmsandTheirUses.pdf. 2006-09-26. dead.
4. Balick . Michael J. . Fredi Kronenberg . Andreana L. Ososki . Marian Reiff . Adriane Fugh-Berman . Bonnie O’Connor . Maria Roble . Patricia Lohr . Daniel Atha . 2000 . Medicinal plants used by Latino healers for women's health conditions in New York City . Economic Botany . 54 . 3 . 344–357 . 2007-01-30 . 10.1007/BF02864786 .
5. Book: Henderson, Andrew . Andrew Henderson (botanist)

   . Andrew Henderson (botanist) . Galeano . Gloria . Gloria Galeano . Bernal . Rodrigo . Rodrigo Bernal. Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas . 1995 . Princeton University Press . Princeton, New Jersey. 978-0-691-08537-1 .