The plant around us. Volume 1 The plant around us. Volume I | Page 44

Flowers:
The flowers are born in
flowering branches between
the leaves, protected by a
modified or spaced cylindrical
leaf, wider in the central area
and that opens when ripe.
These flowers are spiraling on
the axes and are cream or
yellowish.
Leaves:
-Spanish:
Palmito
-Portuguese:
Palmeira
-Albanian:
Palmetto
-Turkish:
Palmetto
-Estonian:
Palm
-Catalan:
Margalló
-English:
Mediterranean dwarf
palm tree
Chamaerops humilis
The Chamaerops humilis or palmito is a shrubby
tree that can sometmes reach up to 4 m high
and, even between 8 and 35 cm in diameter.
Naturally the trunk is covered by old dry leaves or
their remains.
The leaves resemble fans,
are simple, persistent,
clapped and very large. The
sheet is between 11 and 43
cm long and between 7 and
60 cm wide.
Fruit:
The fruits, which are the dates, are
fleshy, between 1. and 4 cm long
and between 0.7 and 1.6 cm wide
and are brown or reddish in color.
Authors:
Dani del Pozo, Enrique
Cuartero,Jürgen Aavik, Holger
Ojaküla.