Parajubaea cocoides
| Mountain Coconut or Quito palm | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Parajubaea |
| Species: | P. cocoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Parajubaea cocoides | |
Parajubaea cocoides, the Mountain Coconut, Coco Cumbe or Quito palm, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family, and a coconut palm.
It occurs in Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia.
It may be a cultivated variant of Parajubaea torallyi.
References
- Palm and Cycad Society of Australia Parajubaea cocoides, accessed 8 May 2008.
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