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Beaucarnea pliabilis
Beaucarnea pliabilis is a tree in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Yucatán Peninsula. It grows up to 10 metres (30 ft) tall.
Beaucarnea pliabilis is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula, including parts of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. Its habitat is in dry forest, moist lowland forest and swamp forest, from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Beaucarnea pliabilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
