This palm has a solitary trunk is covered in persistent leaf bases and forms a dense rounded crown. It has divided bluish grey arching fronds and the small cup-shaped cream flowers appear in a pendant cluster amongst the foliage during summer.

Hardiness zones 10 to 11

Buta eriospatha is naturally found in South America growing in Brazil in forests and along water courses. It prefers a well drained, fertile moist soil in an open sunny position and is frost and drought tender.

The Macume Palm is grown for its bluish foliage and is planted in parks and large gardens as a lawn specimen. It is also used for avenue or group plantings and is ideal for a tropical effect around a water feature. It is slow growing and produces fruit, which can be made into a wine or jelly and establishes in 5 to 10 years and is long lived. ID 670

Butia (BYOOT-ee-a) / BYOO-sha) eriospatha (er-ee-o-SPAYTH-a)

Arecaceae (ar-ek-AY-see-ee)	
(Palmae)
Palm Family