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Attalea cohune
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| Cohune palm | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Attalea |
| Species: | A. cohune
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| Binomial name | |
| Attalea cohune | |
Attalea cohune, commonly known as the cohune palm (also rain tree, American oil palm, corozo palm or manaca palm),[1] is a species of palm tree native to Mexico and parts of Central America.[2]
The cohune palm is used in the production of cohune oil and its nut can be used as a variety of vegetable ivory.
Example occurrences
[edit]A chief occurrence as a dominant plant is in the Belizean pine forests ecoregion.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Cohune palm at Floridata
- ^ "Attalea cohune". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2012. Belizean pine forests. ed. M. McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. Washington DC Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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