Arecaceae
Bay palmetto
Sabal mauritiiformis
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Sabal
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 灰绿棕, 西印度箬棕, 西印度菜棕
- English
- Bay palmetto, Savannah palm
- Persian
- نخلک آمریکای مرکزی
Synonyms
- Sabal allenii L.H.Bailey
- Sabal coerulescens Anon.
- Sabal glaucescens Lodd. ex Drabble
- Sabal glaucescens Lodd. ex H.Wendl.
- Sabal morrisiana Bartlett ex L.H.Bailey
- Sabal nematoclada Burret
- Trithrinax mauritiiformis H.Karst.
Flowers
- In flower
- September (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FruitPhoto: Kelin Guerra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Erick Vélez Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anthony Batista, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Suanne Pyle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Rubio-Yépez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Sabal
- Dwarf palmettoSabal minorArecaceae
- Cabbage palmettoSabal palmettoArecaceae
- Bermuda palmSabal bermudanaArecaceae
- Puerto Rico palmettoSabal causiarumArecaceae
- Bull thatch palmSabal maritimaArecaceae
- Sabal pumosArecaceae
- Sabal yapaArecaceae
- Sabal domingensisArecaceae
- Sabal gretheraeArecaceae
- Rio Grande palmettoSabal mexicanaArecaceae
- Bull thatch palmSabal uresanaArecaceae
- Scrub palmettoSabal etoniaArecaceae
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). About our plant data.