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Colombian Foxtail Palm botanical plate
Plate · drawn for the register, 2026Syagrus sancona
Palm

Colombian Foxtail Palm

Syagrus sancona (Kunth) H.Karst.
FamilyArecaceae
EspañolPalma zancona

A tall, slender, solitary palm without spines, with a ringed grey trunk that can reach about 30 m. Its feather leaves are around 3.5 m long with leaflets held in several planes, giving a plumose, foxtail-like look. Small oblong fruits ripen yellow to dark brown and are eaten by wildlife.

Sourced · see Record tab Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List, per GBIF. · IUCN
2on the estate
0carrying a tag
2sponsored
TagGarden areaZonePlantedStatusSponsoredNote
Palm JungleB13 June 2017PlantedMartin D., USA#25gal
Palm JungleB13 June 2017PlantedMartin D., USA#25gal

2 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.

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