Coccothrinax Barbadensis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Coccothrinax barbadensis (latanier, latanier balai) is a palm found in the Lesser Antilles (and Trinidad and Tobago. Like other members of the genus Coccothrinax, C. barbadensis is a fan palm. The leaves are widely used to thatch roofs. The species is found in Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. Henderson and coauthors report that the species was probably present throughout the Lesser Antilles, but was extirpated on many of them.