Aiphanes minima

taxobox
name = "Aiphanes minima"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Aiphanes"
species = "A. minima"
binomial = "Aiphanes minima"
binomial_authority = (Gaertn.) Burret|

"Aiphanes minima" (Grigri, Chou picant, Glouglou, Glouglou rouge, Palma de coyor, Coyore, Coyure, Coyora, Macaw palm) is a palm which is native to the insular Caribbean from Hispaniola to Grenada. It is a solitary palm, usually 5-8 metres (16-26 feet) tall, although it sometimes grows as an understorey tree and may only reach 2 m (6.5') in height.cite journal | quotes = no | last = Borchsenius| first = Finn| coauthors = Rodrigo Bernal | year = 1996 | month = December | title = Aiphanes (Palmae) | journal = Flora Neotropica | volume = 70 ] Young trees are spiny but become less spiny as they got older.

"Aiphanes minima" is native to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Martinique, Barbados and Grenada. It is widely cultivated elsewhere.

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