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Of the islands in the Caribbean, Cuba has the most species of palm, followed by Hispaniola. The Windward and Leeward Islands have the fewest. [1] The palm flora of Trinidad and Tobago consists primarily of species with a South American distribution. [3] Three genera of palm are endemic to the Greater Antilles: Calyptronoma, Hemithrinax and ...
The Nariva Swamp is the largest freshwater wetland in Trinidad and Tobago and has been designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. The swamp is located on the east coast of Trinidad, immediately inland from the Manzanilla Bay through Biche and covers over 60 square kilometres (23 mi 2).
Founder. Joseph Charles. Headquarters. San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago. Key people. Ken Charles (MD) Website. www.solobev.com. Solo Beverage Company, also known as Joseph Charles Bottling Works and Investments Ltd., is a soft drink manufacturer in Trinidad and Tobago.
Frodinia tremula [23] – Hispaniola. Oreopanax. Oreopanax capitatus [24] Oreopanax dussii [25] Oreopanax ramosissimus [26] Sciodaphyllum. Sciodaphyllum attenuatum [27] – Leeward Islands and Windward Islands. Sciodaphyllum glabratum [28] – Trinidad. Sciodaphyllum brownei [29] – Jamaica.
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies 11 km (6.8 mi) off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in the West Indies. With an area of 4,768 km 2 (1,841 sq mi), it is also the fifth largest in the West ...
Roystonea oleracea is known as the palmiste in Trinidad and Tobago, the royal palm [8] or cabbage palm in Barbados [9] and chaguaramo or maparó in Venezuela. [8] In Colombia it is known as mapora in Spanish, mapórbot in Jitnu and mapoloboto in Sikuani. [15] It is also called the cabbage tree, palmetto royal, palmier franc and chou palmiste ...
Trinidad and Tobago, [a] officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and 130 kilometres (81 miles) south of Grenada. [11]
Elaeis oleifera is a species of palm commonly called the American oil palm.It is native to South and Central America from Honduras to northern Brazil. [2] [3] [4] [5]Unlike its relative Elaeis guineensis, the African oil palm, it is rarely planted commercially to produce palm oil, but hybrids between the two species are, [6] mainly in efforts to provide disease resistance and to increase the ...