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Parajubaea cocoides
Also called Mountain Coconut
Parajubaea cocoides, the mountain coconut, coco Cumbe or Quito palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It occurs in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.
Known only from cultivation in the Andean valleys of southern Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 2000–3000 m. However, an alleged natural population was reported in a town in northern Peru at 1900 m.
Parajubaea cocoides is cultivated as an ornamental palm for parks and avenues. Outside its area of origin, it is found in cultivation in San Francisco, Sydney, Costa del Sol, New Zealand.The seeds are edible and taste like coconut.
Sunkha palm · Bolivian mountain coconut · South American Coconut Palms
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parajubaea cocoides 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.
