Royal palm
Roystonea regia
Palmae
Palmae
A stately palm that grows to a height of 30 m. The trunk is clean with light leaf scars, white, and swollen in the middle. The leaves are 3 m long and carried in a graceful, rounded crown, with a long and shiny green sheath. The fruits are oblong, 1.3 cm long and blue-violet when ripe. It is a native of Cuba where it is abundant, and is widely planted as an ornamental in the tropics including the Philippines.
Royal palms are planted in some gardens and roadsides in Alabang Hills, most notably at the corners of Bacolod with Doña Annie and with Cagayan de Oro.
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