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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Adonidia merrillii (Becc.) Becc.
Manila palm, Christmas palm

Adonidia merrillii
Copyright by: Paul Craft
from the Palm Nut Pages.

Family: Arecaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Philippines (Palawan Islands); widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics but rarely naturalizing.

Map of South Florida Locations

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Synonyms: Veitchia merrillii.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

Map of Florida Keys Locations

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Although seedlings will recruit near the parent plant, we have no evidence that this is naturalized in the Florida Keys.

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Adonidia merrillii has been reported from the following 6 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
Dry Tortugas National Park Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only






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Adonidia merrillii
Copyright by: Paul Craft
from the Palm Nut Pages.