Coccothrinax ekmanii
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Coccothrinax ekmanii, also known in Haitian Creole as gwenn[1] or in Dominican Spanish as palma de guano, is an endangered species of palm which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti).[2]
Description
Like other members of the genus, C. ekmanii is a fan palm. Trees are single-stemmed, between 3 and 15 metres tall with stems 5 to 8 (occasionally 20) centimetres in diameter. The fruit is brownish, 5–6 millimetres in diameter.[1] It grows on rocky hills or in dry scrub forest on limestone.[1]
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