Jamaican Royal Palm

Roystonea princeps, the Jamaican Royal Palm, is an accepted tree native to southwestern Jamaica. Kew places it in the wet tropical biome, giving it a distinctive place among Caribbean royal palms. ## Range and form The species occurs in southwestern Jamaica. Kew also shows that *Roystonea* is a genus of ten accepted species whose native range spans southern Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico and Venezuela. The Jamaican Royal Palm is one of the genus’s island species. ## Landscape setting This tree belongs in a tropical landscape with space for a mature palm. Its naturally wet tropical setting makes a warm, humid site the closest match to the habitat described for the species. The [Kew species profile](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:222808-2) gives its accepted status and range; [Kew’s genus profile](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/31488-1) places it in the broader Caribbean and tropical American context. ## Maintenance Provide warm, humid growing conditions and generous overhead space. Keep the root zone from drying out during establishment.