Arecaceae
Rio Grande palmetto
Sabal mexicana
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Sabal
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- سبال مكسيكي
- arz
- سبال مكسيكى
- Chinese
- 墨西哥箬棕, 墨西哥菜棕
- Croatian
- Meksički palmeto
- English
- Rio Grande palmetto, Mexican palmetto, Texas palmetto, Victoria palmetto
- Hungarian
- Mexikói szabalpálma
- Japanese
- メキシコサバル
- Spanish
- Guano redondo, Palma apachite, Palma de micheros, Palma de mícheros, Palma real, Palma redonda, Soyate
Synonyms
- Erythea loretensis M.E.Jones
- Inodes exul O.F.Cook
- Inodes mexicana (Mart.) Standl.
- Inodes texana O.F.Cook
- Sabal exul (O.F.Cook) L.H.Bailey
- Sabal guatemalensis Becc.
- Sabal texana (O.F.Cook) Becc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, United States, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, United States, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guettarda, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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: 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: 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
More in Sabal
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- Bull thatch palmSabal maritimaArecaceae
- Sabal pumosArecaceae
- Sabal yapaArecaceae
- Sabal domingensisArecaceae
- Sabal gretheraeArecaceae
- Bull thatch palmSabal uresanaArecaceae
- Scrub palmettoSabal etoniaArecaceae
- Bay palmettoSabal mauritiiformisArecaceae
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.