Calyptronoma plumeriana

taxobox
name = "Calyptronoma"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Calyptronoma"
species = "C. plumeriana"
binomial = "Calyptronoma plumeriana"
binomial_authority = (Mart.) Lourteig
synonyms = "Geonoma plumeriana" Mart.cite web |url=http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=32769&repSynonym_id=89508&name_id=32769&status=true |title= "Calyptronoma plumeriana"|accessdate=2007-09-24 |format= |work= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] "Calyptrogyne plumeriana" (Mart.) Roncal "Geonoma dulcis" C.Wright ex Griseb. "Calyptronoma dulcis" (C.Wright ex Griseb.) H.Wendl. "Calyptronoma intermedia" H.Wendl. "Geonoma intermedia" (H.Wendl.) B.S.Williams "Calyptrogyne dulcis" (C.Wright ex Griseb.) M.Gómez "Calyptrogyne clementis" León "Calyptrogyne intermedia" M.Gómez ex Léon "Calyptrogyne microcarpa" León "Calyptronoma clementis" (León) A.D.Hawkes "Calyptronoma microcarpa" (León) A.D.Hawkes "Calyptronoma clementis" subsp. "orientensis" O.Muñiz & Borhidi|

"Calyptronoma plumeriana" is a pinnately compound leaved palm species which is found in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson |coauthors=Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal|title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey| isbn= 0-691-08537-4 ] "C. plumeriana" stems grow singly and reach heights of 4-10 m, with stems 10-20 cm in diameter. It grows in wet areas near the banks of streams at elevations above 450 m above sea level.

The petals of the staminate flowers are sometimes collected and eaten.

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