Arecaceae

Puerto Rico palmetto

Sabal causiarum (O.F.Cook) Becc.

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Sabal

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Puerto Rico palmetto: Sabal causiarum at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. — Photo: Sabal_causiarum2.jpg : Guettarda derivative work: Backslash Forwardslash, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

Arabic: سبال القبعة
arz: سبال القبعه
Chinese: 巨箬棕, 巨菜棕
English: Puerto Rico palmetto, Puerto Rican hat palm
French: Palmier sombrero
Hungarian: Sombrero-szabalpálma
Persian: نخل پرتوریکو

Synonyms

Inodes causiarum O.F.Cook
Inodes glauca Dammer
Sabal haitensis Becc.
Sabal haitensis L.H.Bailey
Sabal questeliana L.H.Bailey

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Sabal_causiarum2.jpg : Guettarda derivative work: Backslash Forwardslash, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Guettarda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yolanda M. Leon, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 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.