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Butia yatay (Mart.) Becc.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Butia (Becc.) Becc.(ヤタイヤシ)
Yataiyashi (ヤタイヤシ, ヤタイ椰子), jelly palm or yatay palm

yatai meaning piny palm tree in Guarani, not Japanese

Lifeform: solitary-trunked palm with 12-18 m in height
Distribution: southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina
Habitat: savannah (pampas), often on sandy soils
Use: ornamental and edible fruits
Synonyms:

Cocos yatay Mart.
Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc. ssp. yatay (Mart.) Herter

Hybridization: often occurring with Butia odorata
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Butia yatay grown in Japan


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in in Hibiya Park, Tokyo, on April 7 2025.

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