Editing Roystonea altissima

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[[File:Roystonea_altissima.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''R. altissima'']]
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===Common Names:===
Mountain cabbage<br/>

===Distribution & Habitat:===
Endemic to mountainous areas of Jamaica.

===Description:===
A tall, solitary palm to 15 metres (50 feet) or more tall, with a smooth grey trunk irregularly enlarged below, more slender above, and banded with leaf-scars. Leaves are pinnate 4-6 metres (12-18 feet) long, with slightly plumose leaflets, and a green crownshaft about 1.5 metres (4.55 feet) long.
It is very similar in appearance to ''R. princeps'', and very difficult to distinguish between the two. The easiest method in the field is locality, ''R. princeps'' is a bog and swamp species,
while ''R. altissima'' is found in uplands and premontane elevations.

===Cultivation:===
Likes a sunny, well drained position.
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===Contributed by: ===
Kyle Wicomb (Figure 1)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Roystonea%20altissima Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/e89dee26-b3ea-4afe-aa5b-23e1e7b4e328 PalmWeb],
[https://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:180133 eMonocot],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Roystonea+altissima JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Roystonea+altissima Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Roystonea+altissima%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Roystonea+altissima%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Roystonea+altissima Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Roystonea+altissima%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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