Attalea cohune
| Cohune Palm | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Cocoseae |
| Subtribe: | Attaleinae |
| Genus: | Attalea |
| Species: | A. cohune |
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Attalea cohune Mart. |
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Attalea cohune, commonly known as the cohune palm (also rain tree, American oil palm, corozo palm or manaca palm), is a species of palm tree native to Mexico and parts of Central America.
The cohune palm is used in the production of cohune oil.
A chief occurrence as a dominant plant is in the Belizean pine forests ecoregion.
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