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Gaussia (GAWS-see-ah) gomez-pompae (goh-mez)-(pom'-peh)
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Scientific Classification
Genus: Gaussia (GAWS-see-ah) Species: gomez-pompae (goh-mez)-(pom'-peh)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
Morphology
Habit: Solitary Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
None.

Habitat and Distribution

Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Oaxaca, Tabasco, and Veracruz. Grows on limestone soils in forest on steep, rugged hills.

National Botanical gardens in Havana, Cuba. Photo by Scott.

Description

A tall, solitary pinnate palm to 12m high. The leaves are made up of long thin leaflets which are arranged in four rows and have a distinctive yellow midrib. Gaussia gomez-pompae are 10 to 14 metres tall. Stems are 30 centimetres in diameter. Trees have up to ten pinnately compound leaves. Fruit are orange-red, 1.5 to 1.6 cm in diameter. Editing by edric.

Culture

Sunny, moist, but well drained position in the tropics/sub-tropics. Likes a limestone based soil.

Comments and Curiosities

Conservation: Vulnerable, and is threatened by habitat destruction and degradation..

Grows on intensely eroded, rocky, steep, jagged outcrops found in the Mexican states Oaxaca, Tabasco and Veracruz. It is very rare, but it is not difficult to grow.