Astrocaryum mexicanum
Choco Palm
Astrocaryum mexicanum - Choco Palm - is tropical or sub-tropical small palm native to Mexico. It is very spiny - has a spiny trunk, and even the flowers are spiny! It has large, simple, or sparingly divided dark green leaves, the leaflets being silvery on the underside. It bears white flowers in late Winter.
Contributed by @LeonCharalambous
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Partial shade to deep shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Choco Palm
Latin name
Astrocaryum mexicanum
type
Palm
family
Arecaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade to deep shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.00 M
2.50 M
Astrocaryum mexicanum
Astrocaryum mexicanum - Choco Palm - is tropical or sub-tropical small palm native to Mexico. It is very spiny - has a spiny trunk, and even the flowers are spiny! It has large, simple, or sparingly divided dark green leaves, the leaflets being silvery on the underside. It bears white flowers in late Winter.
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Creamy pale yellow-white flowers with a very spiny spathe appear in clusters, and are followed by 2" long heavily-spined fruit
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
This is a tropical or sub-tropical palm, and will not survive cold climates. It likes full dappled shade, and moist soil
LeonCharalambous