Butia

Morphological Summary

Genus of feather palms from South America (Southern Cone), popularly known as pindo or yatay palms. Their arching grey-green to glaucous leaves and very aromatic, edible, beta-carotene-rich fleshy fruits make them very popular in Mediterranean and warm-temperate gardens. They are the most cold-hardy pinnate-leaved palms growing on the American continent.