Common names of palms

The following is a list of palms sorted by common names. Click on a scientific name for access to Fairchild's data and images.

Common name	Scientific name
Acai palm	Euterpe oleracea
African doum palm	Hyphaene thebaica
African oil palm	Elaeis guineensis
Alexander palm	Ptychosperma elegans
Alexandra palm	Archontophoenix alexandrae
American oil palm	Attalea
American oil palm	Elaeis oleifera
Andean Wax Palm	Ceroxylon
Areca palm	Dypsis lutescens
Arikury palm	Syagrus schizophylla
Assai palm	Euterpe oleracea
Atherton palm	Laccospadix australasica
Australian fan palm	Livistona australis
Bailey palm	Copernicia baileyana
Bamboo palm	Chamaedorea microspadix
Bamboo palm	Chamaedorea seifrizii
Bamboo palm	Rhapis excelsa
Barbel palm	Acanthophoenix rubra
Barrel Palm	Colpothrinax wrightii
Bayas	Oncosperma horridum
Belly palm	Gastrococos crispa
Belmore sentry palm	Howea belmoreana
Bermuda fan palm	Sabal bermudana
Betel palm, betelnut palm	Areca catechu
Bismarck palm	Bismarckia nobilis
Black palm	Astrocaryum standleyanum
Black palm	Normanbya normanbyi
Blue hesper palm	Brahea armata
Blue latan palm	Latania loddigesii
Blue-stem palmetto	Sabal minor
Bottle palm	Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Brittle thatch palm	Thrinax morrisii
Broad thatch	Thrinax excelsa
Broom thatch	Thrinax parviflora
Buccaneer palm	Pseudophoenix sargentii
Buccaneer palm	Pseudophoenix vinifera
Buri palm	Polyandrococos caudescens
Bush palmetto	Sabal minor
Butterfly Palm	Dypsis lutescens
Cabada palm	Dypsis cabadae
Cabbage palm	Sabal palmetto
Cagicake	Veitchia filifera
Calappa palm	Actinorhytis calapparia
California fan palm	Washingtonia filifera
Canary Island date palm	Phoenix canariensis
Caranday palm	Copernicia alba
Caribbean royal palm	Roystonea oleracea
Carnauba wax palm	Copernicia prunifera
Carpentaria palm	Carpentaria acuminata
Cat palm	Chamaedorea cataractarum
Cayman thatch palm	Coccothrinax proctorii
Central Australian fan palm	Livistona mariae
Chilean wine palm	Jubaea chilensis
Chinese fan palm	Livistona chinensis
Chinese fishtail palm	Caryota ochlandra
Chinese windmill palm	Trachycarpus fortunei
Chonta palm	Juania australis
Christmas palm	Adonidia merrillii
Chusan Palm	Trachycarpus fortunei
Cliff date palm	Phoenix rupicola
Climbing palm	Chamaedorea elatior
Clustering fishtail palm	Caryota mitis
Coco-de-mer	Lodoicea maldivica
Coconut	Cocos nucifera
Cohune palm	Attalea cohune
Colombian foxtail palm	Syagrus sancona
Corojo	Gastrococos crispa
Corossie	Attalea crassispatha
Corozo	Elaeis oleifera
Corozo	Syagrus stenopetala
Cuban manac palm	Calyptronoma plumeriana
Cuban petticoat palm	Copernicia macroglossa
Cuban royal palm	Roystonea regia
Cuban silver palm	Coccothrinax littoralis
Cusi	Attalea phalerata
Date palm	Phoenix dactylifera
Desert fan palm	Washingtonia filifera
Double coconut	Lodoicea maldivica
Doum palm	Hyphaene thebaica
Dwarf date palm	Phoenix roebelenii
Dwarf lady palm	Rhapis subtilis
Dwarf palmetto	Sabal minor
Dwarf sugar palm	Arenga engleri
Dwarf sugar palm	Arenga tremula
Dwarf yellow coconut	Cocos nucifera 'Dwarf Yellow'
East African Doum Palm	Hyphaene compressa
European fan palm	Chamaerops humilis
Everglades palm	Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
Farihazo	Dypsis baronii
Feather duster palm	Rhopalostylis sapida
Fiji fan palm	Pritchardia pacifica
Finger palm	Rhapis multifida
Fishtail palm	Caryota
Fishtail palm	Caryota rumphiana
Fishtail wait-a-while	Calamus caryotoides
Florida royal palm	Roystonea regia
Florida thatch palm	Thrinax radiata
Footstool palm	Livistona rotundifolia
Formosa sugar palm	Arenga engleri
Foxtail palm	Wodyetia bifurcata
Fragrant Cuban thatch	Coccothrinax fragrans
Gamiti	Veitchia metiti
Gebanga palm	Corypha utan
Giant fishtail palm	Caryota no
Giant foxtail palm	Syagrus sancona
Giant mountain fishtail palm	Caryota maxima
Giant window pane palm	Reinhardtia latisecta
Gingerbread palm	Hyphaene
Golden Malay coconut	Cocos nucifera 'Dwarf Orange'
Golden Malay coconut	Cocos nucifera 'Golden Malay'
Green Malay coconut	Cocos nucifera 'Dwarf Green'
Green Malay coconut	Cocos nucifera 'Green Malay'
Gru-gru, grugru	Acrocomia aculeata
Guadalupe palm	Brahea edulis
Hesper palm	Brahea
Hirihiry	Dypsis arenarum
Hispaniolan palmetto	Sabal domingensis
Hurricane palm	Dictyosperma album
Ivory cane palm	Pinanga kuhlii
Ivory nut palm	Phytelephas macrocarpa
Jaggery palm	Caryota urens
Jaka	Arenga undulatifolia
Jamaican silver thatch	Coccothrinax jamaicensis
Jamaican thatch palm	Thrinax excelsa
Jelly bean palm	Synechanthus fibrosus
Jelly palm	Butia capitata
Joey palm	Johannesteijsmannia altifrons
Kaffir Palm	Jubaeopsis caffra
Kaivatu	Veitchia vitiensis
Kawosie	Attalea crassispatha
Kentia palm	Howea fosteriana
Key palm	Thrinax
Key thatch palm	Thrinax morrisii
King Alexander palm	Archontophoenix alexandrae
King coconut	Cocos nucifera 'King'
King palm	Archontophoenix
Laafa	Dypsis mananjarensis
Lady palm	Rhapis excelsa
Lafahazo	Dypsis lutescens
Lafaza	Dypsis lutescens
Lakatra	Dypsis mananjarensis
Langkap	Arenga obtusifolia
Laos lady palm	Rhapis laosensis
Latan palm	Latania
Licury palm	Syagrus coronata
Lipstick palm	Cyrtostachys renda
Little blue-stem	Sabal minor
Llume Palm	Gaussia attenuata
Long thatch	Calyptronoma occidentalis
Lontar Palm	Borassus flabellifer
Macarthur Palm	Ptychosperma macarthurii
Macaw palm	Aiphanes minima
Majestic palm, Majesty palm	Ravenea rivularis
Makapuno coconut	Cocos nucifera 'Makapuno'
Manac palm	Calyptronoma
Mangrove date palm	Phoenix paludosa
Mangrove fan palm	Licuala spinosa
Mangrove palm	Nypa fruticans
Manila palm	Adonidia merrillii
Martius' windmill palm	Trachycarpus martianus
Maya palm	Chamaedorea hooperiana
Maya palm	Gaussia maya
Maypan coconut	Cocos nucifera 'Maypan'
Mazari palm	Nannorrhops ritchiana
Metallic palm	Chamaedorea metallica
Mexican fan palm	Washingtonia robusta
Mexican silver palm	Coccothrinax readii
Mexican Washingtonia	Washingtonia robusta
Miami palmetto	Sabal miamiensis
Mini Fishtail	Chamaedorea metallica
Miniature Date Palm	Phoenix roebelenii
Miniature Fan Palm	Rhapis excelsa
Montgomery palm	Veitchia arecina
Morass royal palm	Roystonea princeps
Moriche	Mauritia flexuosa
Motacu	Scheelea martiana
Mount Lewis king palm	Archontophoenix purpurea
Mountain cabbage	Roystonea altissima
Mountain cabbage palm	Prestoea montana
Mountain thatch palm	Thrinax parviflora
Nakoai	Veitchia spiralis
Nawassi coconut	Cocos nucifera 'Nawassi'
Neanthe bella	Chamaedorea elegans
Needle palm	Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Nibung palm	Oncosperma tigillarium
Nikau palm	Rhopalostylis sapida
Nipa	Nypa fruticans
Niuniu	Veitchia filifera
Norfolk island palm	Rhopalostylis baueri
Northern kentia palm	Gronophyllum ramsayi
Oil palm	Attalea
Oil palm	Elaeis
Old man palm	Coccothrinax crinita
Ouricury palm	Syagrus coronata
Overtop palm	Syagrus amara
Ovodaafa	Dypsis mananjarensis
Pacaya	Chamaedorea tepejilote
Palma brava	Heterospathe elata
Palma de lluvia	Gaussia attenuata
Palma de Sombrero	Sabal causiarum
Palma manaca	Calyptronoma rivalis
Palma petate	Coccothrinax crinita
Palma real	Attalea
Palma real	Roystonea
Palmetto palm	Sabal palmetto
Palmicho	Euterpe purpurea
Palmilla	Synechanthus fibrosus
Palmiste marron	Pseudophoenix lediniana
Palmyra palm	Borassus flabellifer
Parlor palm	Chamaedorea elegans
Paurotis palm	Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
Peach palm	Bactris gasipaes
Petit coco	Attalea crassispatha
Petticoat palm	Copernicia macroglossa
Piassaba palm	Attalea funifera
Piassaba palm	Leopoldinia
Piccabeen palm	Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Pimento palm	Schippia concolor
Pindo palm	Butia capitata
Potato chip palm	Chamaedorea tuerckheimii
Princess palm	Dictyosperma album
Proctor's silver palm	Coccothrinax proctorii
Puerto Rican hat palm	Sabal causiarum
Puerto Rican manac palm	Calyptronoma rivalis
Puerto Rican royal palm	Roystonea borinquena
Pygmy date palm	Phoenix roebelenii
Queen palm	Syagrus romanzoffiana
Queensland black palm	Normanbya normanbyi
Raffia palm	Raphia farinifera
Raosy	Dypsis scottiana
Ravimbe	Marojejya darianii
Ravimbontro	Dypsis fibrosa
Ravintsira	Dypsis lastelliana
Red feather palm	Chambeyronia hookeri
Red feather palm	Chambeyronia macrocarpa
Red latan palm	Latania lontaroides
Red lemur palm	Lemurophoenix halleuxii
Redneck palm	Dypsis leptocheilos
Reed palm	Chamaedorea seifrizii
Rehazo	Dypsis lutescens
Ribbon fan palm, ribbon palm	Livistona decipiens
Rio Grande palmetto	Sabal mexicana
Root-spine Palm	Cryosophila
Roundleaf fan palm	Livistona rotundifolia
Royal palm	Roystonea regia
Ruffle palm	Aiphanes aculeata
Ruffles palm	Chamaedorea tuerckheimii
Sagisi palm	Heterospathe elata
Salak	Salacca zalacca
San Jose hesper palm	Brahea brandegeei
Sand palm	Livistona humilis
Sargent's cherry palm	Pseudophoenix sargentii
Satake palm	Satakentia liukiuensis
Saw palmetto	Serenoa repens
Scrub palmetto	Sabal etonia
Sealing wax palm	Cyrtostachys renda
Seashore palm	Allagoptera arenaria
Senegal date palm	Phoenix reclinata
Sentry palm	Howea forsterana
Seychelles stilt palm	Verschaffeltia splendida
Short hair old man palm	Coccothrinax crinita ssp. brevicrinis
Siamese date palm	Phoenix paludosa
Sierra palm	Gaussia princeps
Silk-top thatch	Thrinax radiata
Silver date palm	Phoenix sylvestris
Silver joey	Johannesteijsmannia magnifica
Silver palm	Coccothrinax argentata
Silver pimento palm	Schippia concolor
Sinaloa hesper palm	Brahea aculeata
Sira	Dypsis lastelliana
Skyduster	Washingtonia robusta
Slender lady palm	Rhapis humilis
Solitaire palm	Ptychosperma elegans
Sonoran palmetto	Sabal uresana
Spindle palm	Hyophorbe verschaffeltii
Spiny Licuala	Licuala spinosa
Stemless cluster palm	Chamaedorea radicalis
Stilt palm	Verschaffeltia splendida
Sugar date palm	Phoenix sylvestris
Sugar palm	Arenga pinnata
Sunshine palm	Veitchia arecina
Tagua	Phytelephas macrocarpa
Talipot palm	Corypha umbraculifera
Taraw palm	Livistona saribus
Teddy bear palm	Dypsis lastelliana
Tepua	Veitchia arecina
Texas palmetto	Sabal mexicana
Thai dwarf lady palm	Rhapis subtilis
Thai giant fishtail palm	Caryota gigas
Thailand lady palm	Rhapis subtilis
Tiger palm	Pinanga maculata
Toddy fishtail palm	Caryota urens
Tongalo	Dypsis baronii
Triangle palm	Dypsis decaryi
Tyre palm	Coccothrinax alta
Umbrella Palm	Hedyscepe canterburyana
Vanuatu fan palm	Licuala grandis
Vegetable ivory palm	Hyphaene petersiana
Venezuelan royal palm	Roystonea oleracea
Vonitra	Dypsis fibrosa
Vonitrambohitra	Dypsis fibrosa
Wait-a-while	Calamus
Walking stick palm	Linospadix monostachya
Wanga palm	Pigafetta filaris
Warri cohune	Astrocaryum mexicanum
Washington palm	Washingtonia
Wax palm	Ceroxylon
Weeping cabbage palm	Livistona decipiens
West Indian royal palm	Roystonea oleracea
White elephant palm	Kerriodoxa elegans
Wild date palm	Phoenix reclinata
Windamere palm	Trachycarpus latisectus
Windmill palm	Trachycarpus fortunei
Window pane palm	Reinhardtia gracilis
Wine palm	Caryota urens
Wine palm	Jubaea chilensis
Wine palm	Pseudophoenix vinifera
Winin palm	Veitchia winin
Wispy fan palm	Livistona inermis
Woolly butia palm	Butia eriospatha
Yaeyama palm	Satakentia liukiuensis
Yatay palm	Butia yatay
Yellow latan palm	Latania verschaffeltii
Yellow Malay coconut	Cocos nucifera 'Yellow Malay'
Yunnan dwarf palm	Trachycarpus nanus
Zombi palm	Zombia antillarum