Editing Roystonea princeps

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[[File:Roystonea_princeps.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''R. princeps'']]
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===Common Names:===
Swamp Cabbage,<br/>
Morass Royal,<br/>
Royal Palm

===Distribution & Habitat:===
Restricted to western parishes of Jamaica, in small colonies or as scattered individuals,
in morass and in poorly drained lowlands, from sea level to 150 metres.

===Description:===
A tall, solitary palm to 15 metres (50 feet) or taller, with a smooth grey trunk irregularly enlarged below, slenderer above, and banded with leaf-scars. Leaves are pinnate 4-6 metres (12-18 feet) long, with slightly plumose leaflets, and a green crown shaft about 1.5 metres (4.5 feet) long. Fruit usually one seeded, drupe-like, pear-shaped, with the neck curved to one side, about 15 mm (2/3 inch) long, greenish yellow to purple, with a small seed.
It is very similar in appearance to ''[[Roystonea altissima]]'',
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, moist position.
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[[File:Roystonea_princeps02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''R. princeps'']]
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===Contributed by: ===
Kyle Wicomb (Figure 1&2)<br/>


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Roystonea%20princeps Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/823e6146-d3b0-44de-b6ea-e2f0a4d33484 PalmWeb],
[https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/38689/0 IUCN],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Roystonea+princeps JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Roystonea+princeps Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Roystonea+princeps%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Roystonea+princeps%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Roystonea+princeps Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Roystonea+princeps%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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