✿Arecaceae · Attalea
Cohuene Palm
Attalea cohune
Also known as American Oil Palm
Palm (Columnar)outdoor
- Habit
- Palm (Columnar)
- Native to
- Mexico and Central America
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Attalea cohune
- Genus
- Attalea
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Palm (Columnar)
- Habitat
- cultivated in gardens
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Mexico and Central America
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cohuene Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- NutrecordedA hard-shelled, single-seeded fruit that does not split open.“The cohune palm is used in the production of cohune oil and its nut can be used as a variety of vegetable ivory.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cohuene Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Cohuene Palm
A member of the Arecaceae family, Cohuene Palm (Attalea cohune) is a single-stemmed palm. It is native to Mexico and Central America. It is cultivated in gardens.
Botanical family
Arecaceae
Palm family
Cohuene Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
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