Attalea cohune

Attalea cohune
Cohune Palm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Cocoseae
Subtribe: Attaleinae[1]
Genus: Attalea
Species: A. cohune
Binomial name
Attalea cohune
Mart.

Attalea cohune, commonly known as the cohune palm (also rain tree, American oil palm, corozo palm or manaca palm),[2] is a species of palm tree native to Mexico and Central America.[3]

The cohune palm is used in the production of cohune oil.

References

  1. ^ Dransfield, John; Natalie W. Uhl, Conny B. Asmussen, William J. Baker, Madeline M. Harley, Carl E. Lewis (2005). "A New Phylogenetic Classification of the Palm Family, Arecaceae". Kew Bulletin 60 (4): 559–69. JSTOR 25070242. 
  2. ^ Cohune palm at Floridata
  3. ^ "Attalea cohune". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?6060. Retrieved 2009-01-28. 



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  • Attalea Cohune — Mart. Cohune palm (E). The cabbage is edible; the fruits are made into sweetmeats, also used for livestock fodder. Seed oil is used for cooking, illumination, and soapmaking. Sap is used for winemaking. The leaves are used for thatch …   EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • Attalea cohune Mart. — Symbol ORCO9 Synonym Symbol ATCO8 Botanical Family Arecaceae …   Scientific plant list

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  • Cohune oil — is pressed from the seeds of the cohune palm, which is native to Central and South America. Along with other byproducts of the palm, cohune oil is believed to have been used by cultures in southern Mesoamerica since the pre Columbian era, in… …   Wikipedia

  • Cohune — Co*hune , n., or Cohune palm Cohune palm . [Prob. fr. a native name in Honduras.] A Central and South American pinnate leaved palm ({Attalea cohune}), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cohune palm — Cohune Co*hune , n., or Cohune palm Cohune palm . [Prob. fr. a native name in Honduras.] A Central and South American pinnate leaved palm ({Attalea cohune}), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cohune palm — pašarinė atalė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių šeimos aliejinis, dekoratyvinis, pašarinis augalas (Attalea cohune), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje ir Šiaurės Amerikos pietuose. atitikmenys: lot. Attalea cohune; Orbignya cohune angl.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

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