Attalea cohune
Cohune palm | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Genus: | Attalea |
Species: | A. cohune
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Binomial name | |
Attalea cohune Mart.
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Attalea cohune, commonly known as the cohune palm (also rain tree, American oil palm, corozo palm or manaca palm),[1] is a species of palm tree native to Mexico and parts of Central America.[2]
The cohune palm is used in the production of cohune oil and its nut can be used as a variety of vegetable ivory.
Example occurrences[]
A chief occurrence as a dominant plant is in the Belizean pine forests ecoregion.[3]
References[]
- ^ Cohune palm at Floridata
- ^ "Attalea cohune". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2012. Belizean pine forests. ed. M. McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. Washington DC Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Attalea (plant)
- Plants described in 1844
- Trees of Belize
- Trees of Campeche
- Trees of Chiapas
- Trees of Colima
- Trees of El Salvador
- Trees of Guatemala
- Trees of Honduras
- Trees of Jalisco
- Trees of Michoacán
- Trees of Oaxaca
- Trees of Quintana Roo
- Trees of Tabasco
- Cocoseae stubs
- Tree stubs