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Joe T. Garcia's Palm ID


Burl

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Any idea what kind of palm here?  It looks similar to a Washingtonia to my amateur eyes but there are no teeth on the petiole.  Picked up a few seeds to try to germinate.  They have a bunch of them at Joe T. Garcia's restaurant in Ft Worth, TX.

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Sabal is my guess. If I had to guess species I'd say mexicana if only because it is in Ft. Worth. The photos are awfully dark. How big are the seeds in mm?

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Found a reference online saying the fruit of the Sabal Mexicana is ~ 18mm which is right about what the fruit I collected measured so I am guessing S Mexicana.

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@Burl Those are Sabal Mexicana. You'll also see 3-4 older/larger Sabal Mexicana on 287 headed north towards Ft Worth right around the Berry exit.  They are on the east side of the road right in front of an abandoned house right off the feeder road.  Those were grown and planted when very small and are quite old.  They haven't been watered or taken care of in at least 7 years that I know of.

All the sabals you see in front of In-N-Out and the fast food taco places around here are sabal palmetto's. 

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