Arecaceae
Cuban royal palm
Roystonea regia
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Roystonea
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- نخل ملكي, نخيل ملوكي
- arz
- نخل ملكى
- Asturian
- Palmera real
- Basque
- Palmondo errege
- Bulgarian
- Кубинска кралска палма
- Cantonese
- 大王椰子
- Catalan
- Palmera reial
- Chinese
- 大王椰子, 王棕, 大王椰, 导弹树
- Dutch
- Koningspalm, Cubaanse koningspalm, Florida-koningspalm
- English
- Cuban royal palm, Royal palm, Florida royal palm
- Esperanto
- Reĝa palmo
- Finnish
- Kuubankuningaspalmu
- French
- Palmier royal, Palmier royal de Cuba
- frr
- Könangpualem
- German
- Königspalme, Kubanische Königspalme
- Haitian Creole
- Palmye wayal
- Hebrew
- דקל רוסטויניה
- Hungarian
- Királypálma, Kubai királypálma
- Indonesian
- Palem raja
- Lithuanian
- Karališkoji roistonija
- Malayalam
- റോയിസറ്റോണിയ റെജിയ, ക്യൂബൻ റോയൽ പാം, ഫ്ലോറിഡ റോയൽ പാം
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kongepalme
- Persian
- رویاستونئا رگیا, نخل سلطنتی, نخل سلطنتی کوبایی
- Polish
- Rojstona królewska, Opatrznica królewska
- Spanish
- Cuban royal palm
- Thai
- ปาล์มขวด
Synonyms
- Euterpe jenmanii C.H.Wright
- Euterpe ventricosa C.H.Wright
- Oenocarpus regius (Kunth) Spreng.
- Oreodoxa regia Kunth
- Palma elata W.Bartram
- Roystonea elata (W.Bartram) F.Harper
- Roystonea floridana O.F.Cook
- Roystonea jenmanii (C.H.Wright) Burret
- Roystonea regia var. hondurensis P.H.Allen
- Roystonea ventricosa (C.H.Wright) L.H.Bailey
Flowers
- In flower
- October, December to January (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoannis Domínguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kumar83, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kaden Slone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bocabroms, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rachel Stringham, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ubuntwo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rachel Stringham, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SOOATSIMC 223 Tsaueng TTPMRA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kaden Slone, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.