Aiphanes minima is a spiny palm tree which is native to the insular Caribbean from Hispaniola to Grenada, and widely cultivated elsewhere. Usually 5–8 metres (16–26 ft) tall, it sometimes grows as an understorey tree and only 2 m (6.6 ft) in height.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Aiphanes minima 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
- Astrocaryum mexicanum
- Bactris mexicana
- Astrocaryum gynacanthum
- Bactris plumeriana
- Bactris setosa
- Aiphanes horrida
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Aiphanes
- Species
- Aiphanes minima
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