Coccothrinax alta (also known in Puerto Rican Spanish as palma plateada or palma de abanico, or in the Virgin Islands as Tyre palm) is a palm which is native to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Silver Thatch 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
- Coccothrinax readii
- Thrinax radiata
- Coccothrinax argentea
- Cryosophila nana
- Livistona chinensis
- Coccothrinax argentata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Coccothrinax
- Species
- Coccothrinax alta
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