Cuba's Palma Real is the island's national tree and symbol. It is recognized by Cubans as “the queen of the fields” because of the majestic of its structure, its peculiar size, the useful things that it gives and for being the most numerous of the trees that exist in Cuba.
The Palma Real, a great and erected tree that overtakes between fourteen and fifteen foots of altitude, crowned by a beautiful crest, able to provoke the admiration of many poets and musicians, who had sung to its elegance.
The Palma Real fruits blossom and grow up almost year long and they were used by the Cuban aborigines to satisfy some of their needs, such as the food for the domestic animals, the wood to build their houses and the pad to cover their ceiling.
The elegant presence of the Palma Real that appear in the national coat of arms represents the freedom and the independence of the young Cuban republic, symbol of the luxuriance and ferocity of their privileged land. It is the most useful of their trees.
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