SCIENTIFIC NAME: Copernicia alba

COMMON NAME(S): Caranday palm
SUB FAMILY: Coryphoideae
TRIBE: Corypheae
ORIGIN: South America
HARDINESS ZONES: 10A-11 (reports range through slight damage at 24 F, severe to death at 26 F and no damage at 32 F)
TYPICAL MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 60'
GROWTH RATE: Slow
HABIT: Solitary with a rounded crown of stiff leaves
SALT TOLERANCE: Moderate
DROUGHT TOLERANCE: Stands extremes of flooding and drought
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Moderate
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: High
NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS: Moderate
POPULAR USES: Specimen
HUMAN HAZARDS: None
POPULAR OR RECOMMENDED CULTIVARS: None

COMMENTS: A very common palm in Paraguay, in conditions of alternating flood and drought which resemble those tolerated by sabal palms in Florida.