Flowers and Fruits
The species is monoecious. Male and female flowers are produced on the same palm and on the same
inflorescence. The inflorescence is at first contained in a bract which lies at the top of the trunk, immediately
below the crownshaft. The bract is light to medium green and is approximately 12 to 18 inches
long and about 8 inches wide. The inflorescence is a much-branched panicle with many white or yellowish
green flowers. It takes approximately one year for flowers to develop into mature fruits or drupes.
Mature drupes are 2-inch-long, oblate spheroids shaped, and are colored deep orange to red. The inflorescence
and fruit stalks are mostly between 3 and 4 feet long