Sabal bermudana

Sabal bermudana grows up to in height, with the occasional old tree growing up to in height, with a trunk up to in diameter. It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. Each leaf is long, with 45-60 leaflets up to long. The flowers are yellowish-white, across, produced in large panicles up to long, extending out beyond the leaves. The fruit is a deep brown to black drupe about long containing a single seed. It is extremely salt-tolerant and is often seen growing near the Atlantic Ocean coast in Bermuda, and also frost-tolerant, surviving short periods of temperatures as low as -14 °C, although no such temperatures have ever occurred in Bermuda. ==Uses==

Bermudians used to use, for a short period, the leaflets of the palm to weave into hats and export them to the United Kingdom and other countries. Sabal bermudana also had holes drilled into its trunk and sap extracted to make "bibby", a strong alcoholic beverage. During the 17th century, most houses in Bermuda had palmetto-thatched roofs. ==References==