Wooly Jelly Palm

Butea eriospatha

a.k.a. Pindo Palm

Beautiful cold-hardy palm bearing small orange-red fruits with tasty pineapple-orange like pulp. Fruits are often considered even higher quality than those of its close relative the jelly palm.

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Uses

Used to make jellies and jams. Fruits seem to be very popular with small mammals. The jelly palm is also frequently grown as an ornamental for its silvery-green fronds.

Plant Cultivation

Small, hardy palm, usually only to 10 or 20ft. The wooly jelly palm is even hardier than the jelly palm, and can usually survive temperatures to 0-5F. Grow in full sun. This species does expecially well in cooler and foggier climates. Water fairly regularly, although it doesn't need intense watering.
Propagation: By seed, which can take a few weeks to several months to germinate.

Origin and Distribution

Native to mountainous regions of extreme Southern Brazil.


Related Species
Family: Palmae

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Butia eriospatha Wooly Jelly Palm
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Crtostachys renda Red Sealing Wax Palm
Lodoicea maldivica Coco de Mer
Syagrus romanzoffianum Queen Palm

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