Arecaceae

Caroline ivory nutpalm

Metroxylon amicarum (H.Wendl.) Hook.f.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Metroxylon

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Caroline ivory nutpalm: Unknown giant leaved palm with rings of comb like spines on petioles. — Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Caroline ivory nutpalm, Caroline ivory nut, Caroline ivory nut palm

Synonyms

Coelococcus amicarum (H.Wendl.) W.Wight
Coelococcus carolinensis Dingler
Metroxylon amicarum var. majus Becc.
Metroxylon carolinense (Dingler) Becc.
Sagus amicarum H.Wendl.

Characteristics

In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ramirez J., Watson K., Feder L., Gjieli E., Sessa E., The New York Botanical Gar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Auckland War Memorial Museum, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ramirez J., Watson K., Feder L., Gjieli E., Sessa E., The New York Botanical Gar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ramirez J., Watson K., Feder L., Gjieli E., Sessa E., The New York Botanical Gar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.