Pindo Palm

Pindo, Jelly Palm Tree
cold hardy palm

Pindo Palm Jelly Palm Tree

Pindo Palm Tree, Jelly Palm

Pindo Palm Tree Field Grown

Habit: Solitary, canopy of 40-50 leaves

Trunk or stem characterists: Thick, covered with overlapping, strubby and woody, leaf bases for many years.

Leaf type: Pinnateky compound, reduplicate, stiffy, arching, with numerous leaflets.

Foliage color: blue-green

Leaf Size: 4-6' long. Leaflets about 2.5' long, 1'' wide.

Petiole: 4-6' long, with slender, fibrous spines on margins.

Flower color: creamy yellow to reddish

Fruit color: Yellow to orange

Pindo Palm is the hardiest feathered-leaf palm currently in wide cultivation. It is used throughout the northern half of Florida. The best qualtity pindo fruits are very sweet with a flavor of pineapple/banana mixture. They make a tasty jelly. Pindo palm is closely related to the queen palm and such hybrids.

Typical Height: 15'

subfamily: Arecoideae

Tribe: Cocoeae

Hardiness Zone: 8-10B

Growth rate: slow

Orgin: Central-southern Brazil and contiguous Argentina and Uruguary

Salt Tolerence: Moderate

Drought Tolerence: High

Soil Requirements: Widely adaptable

Light requirements: Moderate,High

Uses: small tree, edible fruit.

Major pest problems: Scales

Major desease or Physiological Problems: Ganoderma, stigmina leaf spot, graphiola false smut, phytophthora.

Pindo Jelly Palm Tree