Pindo Palm
Butia capitata
Palms Difficulty: Easy
📖 About this plant
The Pindo Palm (also called Jelly Palm) is a robust, cold-tolerant palm with graceful arching blue-green pinnate fronds. It produces clusters of sweet, tart fruit that is commonly used to make jelly, giving it one of its popular common names.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
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Light
Full sun (6-8 hrs)
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Water
Every 1-2 weeks
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Humidity
Moderate (40-60%)
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Temperature
5-35°C
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Soil
Well-drained sandy loam; tolerates poor soils and moderate salinity; pH 6.0-8.0
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Fertilizer
Palm fertilizer with micronutrients (8-2-12) quarterly; extra manganese for frond health
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
- 📏 Max height
- 300-600 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 150-250 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Spring - Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- Yellow, Red
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Blue-Green
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Slow
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic; fruit is edible and used for jelly — hence the name 'Jelly Palm'
- 🌱 Propagation
- Seed germination in warm conditions — takes 2-4 months; fresh seeds preferred
🛡️ Health & Safety
🐾 Pet safe
✅ Non-toxic
Non-toxic; fruit is edible and used for jelly — hence the name 'Jelly Palm'
Common issues
- Bud rot from overwatering, Palm leaf skeletonizer, Scale insects, Butia capitata decline disease
💡 Care tips
- Also called the Jelly Palm for its sweet edible fruit,Very cold-hardy palm surviving brief freezes,Produces clusters of orange fruit used to make jelly,Graceful arching blue-green pinnate fronds
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