''Sabal domingensis'', the Hispaniola palmetto, is a species of palm which is native to

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

(in both the Dominican Republic and

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

) and Cuba.

Description

''Sabal domingensis'' is a fan palm with solitary, very stout stems, which grows up to tall and in diameter. Plants have 20–30 leaves, each with about 90 leaflets. The inflorescences, which are branched, arching and at least as long as the leaves, bear pear-shaped, black fruit. The fruit are in diameter; fruit size and shape are the main characteristics by which this species differs from ''

Sabal causiarum ''Sabal causiarum'', commonly known as the Puerto Rico palmetto or Puerto Rican hat palm, is a species of Arecaceae, palm which is native to Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, and the British Virgin Islands. As it ...

''.

Common names

In English, ''Sabal domingensis'' is known as the "Hispaniola palmetto", "Hispaniola palm", or "Dominican palm". In Spanish, it is known (along with ''

'') as ''palma cana'' in the Dominican Republic, and in

Haitian Creole Haitian Creole (; ht, kreyòl ayisyen, links=no, ; french: créole haïtien, links=no, ), commonly referred to as simply ''Creole'', or ''Kreyòl'' in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language spoken by 10–12million people wor ...

as ''latanier-chapeau''.

Distribution

''Sabal domingensis'' is found from northwest Haiti to the central Dominican Republic on Hispaniola, and is also present in Cuba. It is usually found in

secondary vegetation A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has re-grown after a timber harvest or clearing for agriculture, until a long enough period has passed so that the effects of the disturbance are no longer evident. I ...

between

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

Uses

The leaves are used for thatch and to weave a variety of items including hats, baskets and mats. SabalDomingensisBokeeliaFl

Etymology

The species has been given the specific epithet ''domingensis'', as it occurs on the island of Hispaniola; the island was historically called Santo Domingo, or

Saint-Domingue Saint-Domingue () was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1659 to 1804. The name derives from the Spanish main city in the island, Santo Domingo, which came to refer ...

References

External links

''Sabal Domingensis Info''
Floridata {{Taxonbar, from=Q845838 domingensis Trees of Haiti Trees of the Dominican Republic Trees of Cuba Plants described in 1908 Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari