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Attalea cohune
In Singapore: Cohune Palm (Grown in Singapore)
Cohune palm is a large, tall tree palm native to Mexico, Central America and northern South America, grown for its nuts and oil. It needs a warm, humid, frost-free climate and plenty of space, as it grows very large.
Attalea cohune, commonly known as the cohune palm (also rain tree, American oil palm, corozo palm or manaca palm), is a species of palm tree native to Mexico and parts of Central America.
The cohune palm is used in the production of cohune oil and its nut can be used as a variety of vegetable ivory.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Attalea cohune by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
