Arecaceae

Puerto Rico royal palm

Roystonea borinquena O.F.Cook

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Roystonea

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Puerto Rico royal palm: Roystonea borinquena , Arecibo, Puerto Rico — Photo: stevenkew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 海地王棕, 西班牙王棕
English: Puerto Rico royal palm, Puerto Rican royal palm

Synonyms

Oreodoxa borinquena (O.F.Cook) Reasoner ex L.H.Bailey
Roystonea aitia O.F.Cook
Roystonea hispaniolana L.H.Bailey
Roystonea hispaniolana f. altissima Moscoso
Roystonea peregrina L.H.Bailey

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: stevenkew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: wisel, 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.