Brahea dulcis

{{Short description|Species of plant}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

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| image = Brahea dulcis.jpg

| image_caption = In the wild, Mexico

| image2 = Brahea bella 0zz.jpg

| image2_caption = Base of trunk

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Quero, H. |author2=López-Toledo, L. |year=2015 |title=Brahea dulcis |volume=2015 |page=e.T55948562A55948580 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T55948562A55948580.en |access-date=28 January 2024 }}

| genus = Brahea

| species = dulcis

| authority = (Kunth) Mart.

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = {{Collapsible list|

• Acoelorraphe schippii {{small|(Burret) Dahlgren}}
• Brahea bella {{small|L.H.Bailey}}
• Brahea berlandieri {{small|Bartlett}}
• Brahea conzattii {{small|Bartlett}}
• Brahea dulcis f. humilis {{small|Miranda}}
• Brahea dulcis var. montereyensis {{small|(Becc.) Becc.}}
• Brahea edulis var. montereyensis {{small|Becc.}}
• Brahea frigida {{small|Devansaye}}
• Brahea schippii {{small|Burret}}
• Copernicia depressa {{small|Liebm. ex Dalgren}}
• Corypha dulcis {{small|Kunth}}
• Corypha frigida {{small|Mohl ex Mart.}}
• Livistona occidentalis {{small|Hook.f.}}
• Thrinax tunica {{small| Hook.f.}}

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Brahea dulcis, the sweet hesper palm or apak palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/2381/brahea-dulcis/details2381 |title=Brahea dulcis sweet Hesper palm |author=|date=2024 |website=rhs.org.uk |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=28 January 2024 |quote=Other common names; rock palm ... 1 suppliers }} It is native to dry woodlands of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras.{{cite POWO |id=664900-1 |title=Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart. |access-date=28 January 2024 }} A single-trunked palm reaching {{cvt|7.5|m}} with edible fruit and green to blue-green leaves, it is occasionally available from commercial suppliers.{{cite web |url=https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Brahea+dulcis |title=Useful Tropical Plants Brahea dulcis |last1=Fern |first1=Ken |date=20 July 2022 |website=tropical.theferns.info |publisher=Tropical Plants Database |access-date=28 January 2024 |quote=Common Name: Apak Palm }}

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|Brahea berlandieri 3zz.jpg|At Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

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