Brahea armata, commonly known as the blue fan palm, blue hesper palm, or Mexican blue palm, is a flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, native to Baja California, Mexico. It typically grows 35–50 feet (11–15 m) tall and 1.5–2 feet (0.45–0.6 m) wide, with a stout trunk, and rigid silver-blue palmate fronds. As a member of subgenus Erythea, it is distinguished by distinctly armed petioles with recurved teeth.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mexican Blue Palm being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Brahea
- Species
- Brahea armata
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