EPPO Global Database

Roystonea regia(ROYRE)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-05

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ROYRE
  • Preferred name: Roystonea regia
  • Authority: (Kunth) Cook

Notes

USA (southern Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean (Cuba, Hispaniola). Widely planted as an ornamental palm in public gardens. Introduced in Malesia (Singapore), Puerto Rico, Trinidad


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Euterpe jenmannii von Martius
Oreodoxa regia Kunth
Roystonea elata (Bartram) Harper

Common names
Name Language
Cuban royal palm English
Florida royal palm English
mountain cabbage English
royal palm English
Königspalme German
kubanische Königspalme German
palmier royal French
chaguaramo Spanish
palma real Spanish
palmiche Spanish
palma reale Italian
koningspalm Dutch
palmeira-real Portuguese