The European Palm Society Palm Database

Seeds are difficult to sprout and take also more than one year for the germination. To provide them some cold (3°C-5°C) for a short time (one week) and then a temperature not above 30°C, could help.

The tallest among the aerial trunked species of the genus Butia. Trunk generally covered by persistent old petiole bases. Petioles with fibrous coarse spines. Leaves regularly arching with a glaucous colour. Peduncolar bract smooth or grooved. Fruits ovoid to 5.5 cm long, reddish or brownish. Big female flowers to 16 mm long.

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This species is native to the province of Entre Rios in Argentina and has radiated into Brazil and Uruguay.
This data is extracted from the quantity and high concentration at that location