Palms   Syagrus glaucescens

Common Names: Blue Rock Coconut Distribution & Habitat: Scrubby, rocky areas in the mountains of Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil. Description: An unusual palm, with a slender, solitary trunk which has stiff, glaucous, slightly plumose, upwards pointing leaves that grow in five ranks. General: Very rare in cultivation. Culture: Sunny, well drained position. Frost and drought tolerant. Good in temperate climates.

Figure 1. S. glaucescens

Figure 2. S. glaucescens in habitat, Brazil.

Contributed by:	Gileno Machado (Figure 1)
	Emerson Rogrio Salviani (Figure 2)

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