Arecaceae

Apak palm

Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Brahea

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Apak palm (Brahea dulcis) — FlowerPhoto: nasua, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Apak palm, Blue rock palm, Sombrero palm, Sweet brahea palm, Sweet hesper palm, Sweet rock palm
Spanish: Capulín, Soyate, Suyate

Synonyms

Acoelorraphe schippii (Burret) Dahlgren
Brahea bella L.H.Bailey
Brahea berlandieri Bartlett
Brahea conzattii Bartlett
Brahea dulcis f. humilis Miranda
Brahea dulcis var. montereyensis (Becc.) Becc.
Brahea edulis var. montereyensis Becc.
Brahea frigida Devansaye
Brahea schippii Burret
Copernicia depressa Liebm. ex Dalgren
Corypha dulcis Kunth
Corypha frigida Mohl ex Mart.
Livistona occidentalis Hook.f.
Thrinax tunica hort. ex Hook.f.

Flowers

In flower: April, July, October (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: nasua, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rogelio Reyna-Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.