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Butia capitata
Wine Palm
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Smaller slow growing palm from Brazil. Good plant for giving a tropical look to a cooler climate garden. Is also drought and wind tolerant. Round fruits are edible. Spent leaves should be removed to improve appearance.

  • Height 4-6m
  • Spread 2-3m
  • Family Arecaceae
  • Botanical Name Butia capitata
  • Common Name Wine Palm
  • Origin South America
  • Habit Erect,Spreading
  • Landscape Coastal footslopes, Coast, 2nd line coast, Plains, Footslopes, Coastal dunes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Loam
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought
  • Supplementary Watering Moderate
  • Flower Colour White, Yellow
  • Flowering Time Summer
  • Foliage Bluish-green
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Large Shrub (Usually exceeds 3.6m)