Pseudophoenix sargentii, commonly known as the Florida cherry palm or buccaneer palm, is a medium-sized palm native to the northern Caribbean, eastern Mexico, and extreme southeast Florida in the United States.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Buccaneer 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.
Easily confused with
- Pseudophoenix vinifera
- Hyophorbe verschaffeltii
- Dypsis madagascariensis
- Dypsis decaryi
- Syagrus cearensis
- Dypsis decipiens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Pseudophoenix
- Species
- Pseudophoenix sargentii
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