Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Chamaerops humilis L.
Family : PALMAE
Genus : Chamaerops
Catalan common name : Garballó. Margalló.
Spanish common name : Palma de escobas. Palmito.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Flowering time : April. May. June.
Life-forms : Phanerophyte.
Habitat : Dry soils and rock outcrops, always near the coast.
Uses and properties : Edible or foodstuffs. Furniture, construction and tools. Medicinal.
Plants protected by law : Balearic Catalogue.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : This Mediterranean fan palm is the only autochthonous palm tree in the Balearic Islands. It has palmate leaves and a column-like trunk which can grow several metres long, but is normally shorter. Its distribution in the islands is slightly erratic: in some places it is abundant whereas in other, similar places there are none. This plant withstands fires, and re-grows after a fire, which is why it is abundant in some places that are very punished by fires, like the peninsula of Artà.
Observations : Les fulles han estat emprades per a fer graneres, capells...
Origen : Mediterrani occidental
Location on-campus UIB : Freqüent al Jardí de Son Lledó, darrera l'hivernacle, entre els edificis Guillem Colom Casasnovas i Mateu Orfila, etc.
Flowering period : March-april
