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Jubaea is a genus with one species, Jubaea chilensis, the Chilean wine palm, a large, slow-growing feather palm native to central Chile. It is grown mainly as an ornamental and needs full sun and well-drained soil.
Jubaea is a genus of palms with one species, Jubaea chilensis, commonly known in English as the Chilean wine palm or Chile cocopalm, and palma chilena in Spanish. It is native to southwestern South America and is endemic to a small area of central Chile between 32°S and 35°S in southern Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Santiago, O'Higgins, and northern Maule regions.
The extinct palm tree of Easter Island belonged to this genus as well. In 1991, the Easter Island palm was placed in its own genus, Paschalococos. However, this has not been widely accepted.
The leaves can be used to weave baskets, and it has edible seeds, widely eaten and known as Coquito nuts. The sap can be used to make palm wine and palm syrup, although, unlike other palms which can be tapped, the whole tree has to be felled; this is now restricted by legal protection.
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