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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 12
Plant Height: 8 to 30 feet or more
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Spherical, 3/4 inch, bright red to orange-red.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 30 to 60 days
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Monoecious
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (CR)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
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Common names
  • Aculeata Palm
  • Coyure Palm
  • Ruffle Palm
  • Spine Palm
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Aiphanes horrida
  • Synonym: Aiphanes caryotifolia
  • Synonym: Aiphanes aculeata

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Location: Manizales, Colombia
Photo by Dick Culbert
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-02
Location: My greenhouse, Florida
Date: 2018-10-05
just a seedling, 6 inches, already has 1" spines
Location: Wilson Botanical Garden, Costa Rica
Photo by David J. Stang
Location: Manizales, Colombia
Photo by Dick Culbert
Location: My greenhouse, Florida
Date: 2019-06-22
This is why they call it 'horrida' LOL

Photo by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo (CC Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 G
Location: Botanical Garden, Jena, Germany
Photo by Ixitixel

Photo by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo

Biodiversity Heritage Library
Location: Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Ghent University Botanical Garden, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-04
Location: Jena Botanical Garden, Germany.
Date: January 10, 2007
credit: Ixitixel
Location: Jena Botanical Garden, Germany.
credit: Ixitixel
Location: Jena Botanical Garden, Germany.
Date: January 10, 2007
credit: Ixitixel
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