Arecaceae
South American jelly palm
Butia capitata
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Butia
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Common names
By language (17)
- Cantonese
- 布迪椰子
- Catalan
- Palmera Pindo
- Chinese
- 凍子椰子, 布迪椰子, 冻子椰子, 弓葵, 果冻椰子, 毛布迪椰子
- Croatian
- Žele palma
- English
- South American jelly palm, Jelly palm, Queen palm
- Finnish
- Sinibutiapalmu
- French
- Arbre à laque
- Guarani
- Mbotia kapitata
- Hebrew
- בוטיה דרומית
- Japanese
- ブラジルヤシ
- Lithuanian
- Melsvoji bucija
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gelepalme
- Persian
- نخل لرزان
- Russian
- Бутия головчатая, Желейная пальма, Мармеладная пальма
- Spanish
- Palmera de la jalea
- Thai
- บูเตีย
- Turkish
- Şarap Palmiyesi
Synonyms
- Butia bonnetii Becc.
- Butia capitata subsp. eucapitata Herter
- Butia capitata var. rubra Mattos
- Butia leiospatha (Barb.Rodr.) Becc.
- Calappa capitata (Mart.) Kuntze
- Calappa leiospatha (Barb.Rodr.) Kuntze
- Cocos capitata Mart.
- Cocos leiospatha Barb.Rodr.
- Cocos leiospatha var. angustifolia Drude
- Syagrus capitata (Mart.) Glassman
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Butia
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- Dwarf yatay palmButia paraguayensisArecaceae
- Purple Yatay palmButia purpurascensArecaceae
- Dwarf jelly palmButia archeriArecaceae
- Butia campicolaArecaceae
- Butia catarinensisArecaceae
- Butia matogrossensisArecaceae
- Dwarf wooly jelly palmButia microspadixArecaceae
- Butia leptospathaArecaceae
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.