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Ceroxylon ceriferum, also known as the Sacred wax palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It grows from northern Colombia and Venezuela.
C. ceriferum is a rainforest species growing at altitudes of 1800 to 2700 m.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceroxylon ceriferum 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.
